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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] take name of directory and files as variables Post 302575292 by me. on Monday 21st of November 2011 08:28:52 AM
Old 11-21-2011
[Solved] take name of directory and files as variables
hi,

want to create script that takes name of directory and all files and will copy each file to new directory.
then fix errors like files do not exist or no permission to create new directory...

these what I have so far...

Code:
#!/bin/sh
dir=~/Documents/Scripts/Copy

for i in $(pwd) $(ls)
do
echo "$i"
if [ -d $dir ]; then
cp -a * ~/Documents/Scripts/Copy #these would copy all files to Copy dir
                                           #but I want copy them one by one with
                                           #message that each one was copied
echo " files copied to directory $dir "
else
mkdir Copy && cp $i $dir
echo " $2 copied to directory $dir "
end

Last edited by vbe; 11-21-2011 at 11:33 AM..
 

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gvfs-monitor-dir

gvfs-monitor-dir(1)						   User Commands					       gvfs-monitor-dir(1)

NAME

       gvfs-monitor-dir - monitor the change of a directory content using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gvfs-monitor-dir URI

DESCRIPTION

       gvfs-monitor-dir  monitors  the change content of a directory using the VFS system. If anything changes inside the directory, gvfs-monitor-
       dir will print a message informing of the event.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	Specifies the directory location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Monitor a local directory

       example% gvfs-monitor-dir file:///tmp/example

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/gvfs-monitor-dir       Executable to monitor the change content of a directory using the VFS system.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-gvfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1),  gvfs-move(1),  gvfs-
       rename(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    25 Mar 2008 					       gvfs-monitor-dir(1)
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