What O/S are you running, and what are you scripting/programming in ?
If, for example, you are using script, and have access to something like "perl", you can write a simple perl script to change paths to absolute. For example:
Save the above script to a file, and "chmod 755" the file.
You can then call the script with an argument and it will change it into an absolute path.
I hope this helps...
Last edited by citaylor; 12-14-2010 at 08:09 AM..
Reason: Sorry - mis-edited
Hi,
By default FIND command searches for matching files in all the subdirectories within the specified path.
Is there a way to restrict FIND command's search path to only the specified directory and NOT TO scan its subdirectories.
Any help would be more than appreciated.
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