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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to check for hidden file Post 302135017 by namishtiwari on Wednesday 5th of September 2007 06:06:10 AM
Old 09-05-2007
the hidden files start with a . like
.raynon
.asdf
.dfhg

these are hidden files.If you want to see this you have to put
ls -al

it will show u all the files including the hidden files.
But the first two lines that is
./
../

they shows the link to current directory and the parent directory respectively.when we create a directory these two links are created automatically.

total 16 means the directory is taking 16 blocks of memory.

Thanks
Namish
 

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delete directory(1m)													      delete directory(1m)

NAME
delete directory - Deletes a directory SYNOPSIS
cdscp delete directory directory-name ARGUMENTS
The full name of the directory. DESCRIPTION
The delete directory command deletes a directory. The directory cannot contain any object entries, soft links, or child pointers. The master replica must be the only remaining replica in the cell. Use the delete replica command if you need to remove read-only replicas. Privilege Required You must have delete permission to the directory and write permission to the clearinghouse that stores the master replica of the directory. The server principal needs administer permission to the parent directory or delete permission to the child pointer that points to the directory you intend to delete. NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE. EXAMPLE
The following command deletes the directory /.:/eng from the namespace: cdscp> delete directory /.:/eng RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: create directory(1m), delete replica(1m), list directory(1m), set directory(1m), set directory to skulk(1m), show directory(1m) delete directory(1m)
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