12-18-2006
on how to create files
hi guys! i want my user to create some new files in a directory:
i would like the user to choose a file name and then to create some kind of user friendly utility that makes my user write what he/she wants in the file and then save it in the chosen directory.
let's say that in my programme i write something like:
[CODE]
echo "Please, type the name of your first file: \c"
read firstfile
cat>$firstfile
[/CODE}
in this case the user will type the name of a file and the cat command will take him/her directly to writing utility so i think, not a very user friendly solution.....any other ideas? any other command other than CAT i could use?
THANX.
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STICKY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual STICKY(8)
NAME
sticky -- sticky text and append-only directories
DESCRIPTION
A special file mode, called the sticky bit (mode S_ISVTX), is used to indicate special treatment for shareable executable files and directo-
ries. See chmod(2) or the file /usr/include/sys/stat.h for an explanation of file modes.
STICKY TEXT EXECUTABLE FILES
The sticky bit has no effect on executable files. All optimization on whether text images remain resident in memory is handled by the ker-
nel's virtual memory system.
STICKY DIRECTORIES
A directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only directory, or, more accurately, a directory in which the deletion of files is
restricted. A file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed by a user if the user has write permission for the directory and the
user is the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, or the super-user. This feature is usefully applied to directories such as /tmp
which must be publicly writable but should deny users the license to arbitrarily delete or rename each others' files.
Any user may create a sticky directory. See chmod(1) for details about modifying file modes.
BUGS
Neither open(2) nor mkdir(2) will create a file with the sticky bit set.
HISTORY
A sticky command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
4th Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 4th Berkeley Distribution