It has been done, but it is generally a VERY BAD IDEA to change to a directory and run an arbitrary command. You should either use absolute paths, or check to make sure the previous command completed successfully, or if pedantic enough, do both.
Here's the reason why:
your scripts are now toast.
Here is my script
#!/bin/bash
pwd
cd /var/lib/pgsql
Both "pwd" and "cd" are not executed is there any other way i can change the current working directory to /var/lib/pgsql pls help! (9 Replies)
Dear all,
I typed in init 1 on my redhat box as root and according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel):
1 Single-User Mode Does not configure network interfaces, start daemons, or allow non-root logins
So now I can't connect back to it. How do I change the init back to 3?... (8 Replies)
currently, my samba login works just fine. i want my clients to use aix5.3 account to login to samba so they don't have to change samba pwd and aix pwd. i googled, and vi /usr/lib/smb.conf per some of knowledge base, but i could not get to work.
aix5.3 and samba 3.0.24.0
thanks in advace..... (2 Replies)
I encountered a problem on one of our database servers.
OS: CentOS 5.5 final
Kernel: 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.028stab085.2 (OpenVZ kernel)
We wrote some DB-Start/Stop-scripts ("/db2/admin/scripts_dba/start_services.ksh" and ".../stop_services.ksh") to start the database instances. (Database... (1 Reply)
The script to get the db user password from LDAP does not work on AIX 5.3. It's using bash. Our current shell is /usr/bin/shell.
How can i make changes to this script so that it can run on aix with current shell with out installing bash.
We tried making but din't work.
... (0 Replies)
I have an export command which exports the file which I specify to the specified location. It asks for an pwd and again to confirm the pwd, can some one help me to pass the pwd thru the script.
cd /opt/var/SecureTransport/bin
xml_export /opt/SecureTransport/var/logs/accounts_log.xml... (3 Replies)
Hi there,
i was presented with a challenge that is beyond my current shell knowledge: how can you have a script that executed interactive will change your current working directory?
Example (under MacOS):
1. start Terminal and my current working directory is my home folder
2. execute a... (3 Replies)
how can i get the absolute path of whatever directory a script and/or command is in when it is run?
i want to know the directory. say for instance, if i were to run the "who" command, i want to know exaclty where the who command is located.
if a user ran a script, i want to know where there... (2 Replies)
when user types "pwd.sh joe" at command line, it generates pwd as abc123 and when user types "pwd.sh jane" at command line, it generates pwd as abc123.
pwd will change every 90 days.
my pwd file will be always abc123 until i change joe/jane/bob pwd manually. (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have the following script that just archives and clears some log files.
#!/bin/bash
# script: archive_logs_and_clear
# add date to logfile names and copy archive directory
# clear logs
# change to script directory
cd ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: LMHmedchem
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
itruns
itruns(8) System Manager's Manual itruns(8)NAME
itruns - set up files for use by the it command
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/itruns file [file...] in run-state [, file [file...] in run-state] [,...]
DESCRIPTION
The itruns program sets up scripts to be run by it(8). (These programs are typically used within system configuration and installation
scripts.) The itruns command searches for /sbin/it.d/bin/file. If itruns finds the file, it creates one or more symbolic links from
/sbin/it.d/run-state.d/file to /sbin/it.d/bin/file.
The run-state argument can be a single run state, or it can be two run states separated by either the word or or the word and. If two run
states are specified with the or keyword, itruns checks for (and creates, if necessary) a directory whose name combines both run states and
places a link in that directory so that the file will be executed when the it program detects either state. You can collapse two or-sepa-
rated states into a single expression; for example, 2 or 3 can be expressed as 23. If the and keyword is used, itruns checks for (and cre-
ates, if necessary) two separate directories and places a link in each of them so that either state triggers execution of the file indepen-
dently of the other state.
If two or more files are specified for a single run-state argument, links are created for all of the files as indicated by the run-state
argument.
If two or more combinations of files and run states are specified as comma-separated expressions, itruns treats each combination individu-
ally.
RESTRICTIONS
The itruns command must be executed from the root directory (/). The command finds only files that are located in the /sbin/it.d/bin direc-
tory.
EXAMPLES
This example sets up the doconfig script to be run when the system is booted to run state 2: itruns doconfig in 2 Either of the command
lines in this example sets up the doconfig and getdate scripts to be run when the system is booted to run state 2 or to run state 3: itruns
doconfig getdate in 2 or 3 itruns doconfig getdate in 23 This example sets up the doconfig script to be run when the system is booted to
run state 2 and again when the system comes to run state 3, the getdate script to be run only in run state 2, and the getsysname script to
be run only in run state 3: itruns doconfig in 2 and 3, getdate in 2, getsysname in 3
SEE ALSO
Commands: it(8)itruns(8)