Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Change directory command (cd) Post 26739 by LivinFree on Thursday 22nd of August 2002 06:43:15 PM
Old 08-22-2002
It can get very complicated and messy very quickly, but it can be done with chroot. I believe it has been laid out a few time in these forums before - try searching for "chroot" or "chroot user"...
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

change directory

Hi all, I'm trying to wirte a small shell script in Linux. My script has the flow like, cmd1 cmd2 cd testdata cmd3 After exiting the program, the CWD remains the same as where I execute the program. I need it to be changed to the latest updated directory in the program. How can I do... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vadivel
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

change directory

hi, Iam in directory A. I run a script from there. inside the script i have a command cd B. When i come out of the script directory is A only. Even when i come out scrip i want the directory to be B How to achieve (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mkan
2 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Change Directory

I have a directory that is existing under my root dir of the FTP server. The DIR name is 'Software Patch'. I want to move in to that DIR to download some patches. But, when I issued a command 'cd SOftware Patch', the system said that it cannot find the dir 'Software'. I tried all possible ways like... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vskr72
2 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Change directory command (cd)

What's wrong with this script????? Please help!!! !#/bin/sh echo "please enter dir" read input cd $input I'm trying to make a simple script to change dir. But does not work. it stays at the same dir where i run the script. What did i do wrong?? (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: c00kie88
21 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

CD (change directory) - Not advisable for executing a command

Hi, This is a quick one. I have got a review comment in one of the scripts that i wrote: "In UNIX script it not advisable to use cd to a directory and then run command." Is this true? I was trying to cd to log directory and use some cat or head or ls command. Many Thanks, Sam (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: samplify
2 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

change directory if available

I have a simple shell script that prompts the user to enter a directory to navigate to. What i want it to do and i don't know how to do this is if the directory is invalid automatically navigate to the home directory. echo "enter a directory to navigate to:" read directory cd $directory... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: icelated
6 Replies

7. AIX

disallow change directory

Dear all expects, I have a security problem that I would like to resolve. I need to create a user ID in my AIX 5.3 environment and to point the login to a specific directory for FTP purposes. There is only 2 directories that I can allow the user ID to perform read/write. I would like to prevent... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kwliew999
2 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to change database directory to another directory?

Hi, I Installed mysql on my CentOS 6.2 Server. But when I tried to change the location of /var/lib/mysql to another directory. I can't start the mysql. Below is what I've done yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-devel mkdir /path/to/new/ cp -R /var/lib/mysql /path/to/new chown -R... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ganitolngyundre
1 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Change to directory and search some file in that directory in single command

I am trying to do the following task : export ENV=aaa export ENV_PATH=$(cd /apps | ls | grep $ENV) However, it's not working. What's the way to change to directory and search some file in that directory in single command Please help. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: saurau
2 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Change Directory

Hi All, There is a code like below in my script ############################################### ###Create Directories and Sub-Directories ############################################### dpdir=DP_FROM_${from}_TO_${to} mkdir $dpdir cd $dpdir mkdir AWQM WFCONTROLLER PROVCO PRISM ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pvmanikandan
1 Replies
adt-virt-chroot(1)					     Linux Programmer's Manual						adt-virt-chroot(1)

NAME
adt-virt-chroot - autopkgtest virtualisation server using a chroot SYNOPSYS
adt-virt-chroot [options] =[chroot-name] adt-virt-chroot [options] [-rgain-root-cmd] /path/to/chroot DESCRIPTION
adt-virt-chroot provides an autopkgtest virtualisation server using a chroot install (or similar). Normally adt-virt-chroot will be invoked by adt-run. The chroot to use must be specified. If it starts with a = character then it is taken to be a chroot name known to dchroot(8). Otherwise it must start with a / and will be taken to an absolute path. OPTIONS
--gain-root|-r gain-root-cmd Specifies that adt-virt-chroot can become root (on the host) by prefixing its commands with gain-root-cmd. The command may consist of several words separated by whitespace, in which case words other than the first are supplied as additional arguments to the com- mand; other shell (or other) metacharacters in gain-root-cmd are not interpreted or modified by adt-virt-chroot. The actual command to be run as root, and its arguments, are supplied as additional (separate) arguments to gain-root-cmd. Root privilege is needed, to successfully run chroot(8), if the chroot to use is specified as an absolute path. The default is not to take any special action when root will be needed, in which case for an absolute path chroot, adt-virt-chroot must be started as root. -d | --debug Enables debugging output. Probably not hugely interesting. INPUT, OUTPUT AND EXIT STATUS The behaviour of adt-virt-chroot is as described by the AutomatedTesting virtualisation regime specification. SEE ALSO
adt-run(1), adt-virt-null(1), adt-virt-xenlvm(1), /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/. AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT
This manpage is part of autopkgtest, a tool for testing Debian binary packages. autopkgtest is Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Canonical Ltd and others. See /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/CREDITS for the list of contributors and full copying conditions. autopkgtest 2007 adt-virt-chroot(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:18 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy