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Old 07-14-2009
Searching a substring from a string in UNIX
Hi all.

I need help with a command to locate a substring from a string.

My problem is I am passing a direcotry name as a command line argument and I need to ensure that user should not pass certain directories.

E.g ther are Directories under ==> /opt/projects/* which should not be passed as a paramerter. Is there a way to achieve this?

Thanks in anticipation!
# 2  
Old 07-14-2009
maybe check $1 if it contains string "/opt/projects/" else just continue.
# 3  
Old 07-14-2009
Code:
dest="$path"
case "$path" in
      /opt/projects/*)  dest="." ;;
      /some/*) dest="." ;;
esac
cd $dest

Much better is to set priviledges, for some special group or user and remove other priviledges

ex. remove all priviledges from group members and others
cd opt
chmod -R g-rwx projects
chmod -R o-rwx projects
=> only owner can do something
# 4  
Old 07-14-2009
Thanks!! that worked!
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