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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Creation of multiple directories Post 302420248 by rajeshnatarajan on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 05:34:20 AM
Old 05-11-2010
Hi , Thanks for the quick reply .

But getting a error when i try to test it out ..

Code:
$ pwd
/tmp/rajesh
$ cd fol1
$ ls -ltr
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 wmuser   wmftp           256 May 11 17:28 sub
$ cd ../fol2
$ ls -ltr
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 wmuser   wmftp           256 May 11 17:28 sub
$ cd ../fol3
$ ls -ltr
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 wmuser   wmftp           256 May 11 17:29 sub
$ find /tmp/rajesh -type d -name "sub" -exec mkdir {}/subapp \;
mkdir: 0653-357 Cannot access directory {}.
{}: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
mkdir: 0653-357 Cannot access directory {}.
{}: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
mkdir: 0653-357 Cannot access directory {}.
{}: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
$


Last edited by pludi; 05-11-2010 at 06:43 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
 

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gnomevfs-mkdir(1)						   User Commands						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NAME
gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-mkdir -p URI DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-mkdir is obsolete. It has been superseded by gvfs-mkdir. See gvfs-mkdir(1). gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -p Create parents of the directory if needed OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: URI Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Obsolete Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1), attributes(5), environ(5) NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.11 14 May 2008 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
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