12-10-2009
tag/mark a file with current absolute path
Hi all,
I need to mark a file with it's current location in the file system before being moved.
This will enable the file to be restored back to it's original location.
Can anyone provide any ideas about the best way to do this, at present i'm trying to use readlink -m to strip off the absolute path of the file but am unsure if there is any way of marking the file other than simply appending the absolute path as text to the end of it.
thanks for any replies
skinny
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
menu_mark
menu_mark(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions menu_mark(3CURSES)
NAME
menu_mark, set_menu_mark - menus mark string routines
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>
int set_menu_mark(MENU *menu, char *mark);
char *menu_mark(MENU *menu);
DESCRIPTION
menus displays mark strings to distinguish selected items in a menu (or the current item in a single-valued menu). set_menu_mark() sets the
mark string of menu to mark. menu_mark() returns a pointer to the mark string of menu.
RETURN VALUES
menu_mark() returns NULL on error. set_menu_mark() returns one of the following:
E_OK The routine returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)
NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.
SunOS 5.10 31 Dec 1996 menu_mark(3CURSES)