Hi Folks,
In a Unix (ksh) script, is there a way to determine the current working directory path of another logged-in user? Of course, I can use "pwd" to find my own path. But, how do I find it for another active user?
Thanks for any input you can provide. LY (6 Replies)
Hi,
I need to know how I'll be able to write a script that can goto a different dir where I don't have access to read,write and execute and also to run a commandline prompt in that dir with one file whose path has to be specified in that command.
Will I be able to do this?
Any ideas or... (2 Replies)
Hey guys,
I would like to find all files which contain "client1.dat". I would like to search from the current directory and all subs and print out all the files that have this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much. (10 Replies)
Hello,
I am having problem in setting current working directory from shell.
I want to set pwd as an environmental variable in a script. I am following an existing script which is defined as
HOME=$(shell dirname `pwd`)
C_HOME=$(shell echo $(HOME) | sed -e 's:\/:\\\/:g' )
But when I am trying... (3 Replies)
I created a new user and changed their home directory to /export/home/mydir/ I verified in the passwd file that the home directory is set to the above and that owner of that directory is the new user and yet when I log in as that user I get the following message:
No directory! Logging in with... (14 Replies)
HI all, I got a CPIO archive that contains a unix filesystem that I try to extract, but it extract to the root dir / unstead of current dir, and happily it detects my file are newer otherwise it would have overwrited my system's file!
I tried all these commands
cpio -i --make-directories <... (2 Replies)
Can someone tell me how do i set my current working directory in my prompt?
Note: I dont want to use env variable PWD and using `pwd` gives me only my home directoy. suggest a different way ?
I use /bin/sh
thanks!! (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want that the prompt that is being displayed (i.e $ sign) should display always the current directory I am working in instead of that $ sign
example:
as we use PS1=patric and the prompt changes from $ to patric OR
if we write the command PS1=`pwd` it will display the current... (5 Replies)
i have directory /abcd and i want to copy all today date files in /xyz directory.
i am able to see the files by using below command but not able to understand copy.
find . -mtime -1 -type f -exec ls -l {} \; (2 Replies)
Hi,
on sunfire v890 unable to move from rsc prompt to ok prompt, i have executed the command break. (9 Replies)
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uname
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uname - print system information
SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.
-a, --all
print all information, in the following order:
-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name
-n, --nodename
print the network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version
-m, --machine
print the machine hardware name
-p, --processor
print the processor type
-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform
-o, --operating-system
print the operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and uname programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info uname
should give you access to the complete manual.
uname (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 UNAME(1)