I'm getting this return whenever I try to do anything on a directory
root# ls -al /directory
ls: .: Value too large to be stored in data type.
total 0
I can change directory down two levels but can not list contents of the root of this directory. ANy one seen this? (1 Reply)
Hey guys!
I'm so glad I found this site, I've had so many questions and have been left alone for roughly a year scanning man pages but It's just not quite cutting it for some things.
So, I often like to list directories when browsing around my local machine, a friend's machine, or my web... (6 Replies)
I am having difficulty listing the contents of a specific disk drive including hidden files and folders by size on disk.
Its been a while since i have used dos and batch files in windows as am used to UNIX so was wondering if anybody could help me with this?
Regards,
Alan Jackson (1 Reply)
I have to create a unix program that will mail the contents of a file to a list of users.The file to be mailed will be provided as an argument to the program on the command line. The list of users or mail recipients should be a ”variable” that is created inside the program
This program MUST be... (1 Reply)
Well I did a search and didn't anything for my specific case.
I got a directory with a bunch of text file. All of them have the following pattern on the filename "ABCD_<As of Date>.txt"
Example:
ABCD_20110301.txt
ABCD_20110302.txt
ABCD_20110303.txt
All I want to accomplish is a Korn... (3 Replies)
Hi everyone,:cool:
thank you in advance for any help on this
I have a dtterm command to open a new small terminal window with a contents of log, and it works fine.
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However what I want to do... (4 Replies)
Hey guys,
need help with a script I'm trying to write.
Basically I need to compare the contents of a folder called "profiles"
with a list of files called "template".
when the file matches the contents of the folder it needs to set a variable called "checked" to "1"
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Hi All,
I want to copy all the contents of a list of files in a folder to a particular file. i am using following command:
cat dir/* >> newFile.txtIt's not working.
Could you please help?
Thanks,
Pranav (3 Replies)
I'm unable to list the contents of a directory once I move into it. I have full permissions on this directory (called "Scripts" in the below example). The scenario is shown below in detail:
Command 'ls' works fine to begin with:
1: pmn@linuxhost /home/pmn > cd /opt/smt/proiv
2:... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pmn
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is_writable
IS_WRITABLE(3) 1 IS_WRITABLE(3)is_writable - Tells whether the filename is writableSYNOPSIS
bool is_writable (string $filename)
DESCRIPTION
Returns TRUE if the $filename exists and is writable. The filename argument may be a directory name allowing you to check if a directory
is writable.
Keep in mind that PHP may be accessing the file as the user id that the web server runs as (often 'nobody'). Safe mode limitations are not
taken into account.
PARAMETERS
o $filename
- The filename being checked.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if the $filename exists and is writable.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
is_writable(3) example
<?php
$filename = 'test.txt';
if (is_writable($filename)) {
echo 'The file is writable';
} else {
echo 'The file is not writable';
}
?>
ERRORS /EXCEPTIONS
Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.
NOTES
Note
The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache(3) for more details.
Tip
As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrappers" to determine
which wrappers support stat(3) family of functionality.
SEE ALSO is_readable(3), file_exists(3), fwrite(3).
PHP Documentation Group IS_WRITABLE(3)