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Operating Systems HP-UX cpio deleting source files. Can't figure out why! Post 302679341 by paqman on Monday 30th of July 2012 06:04:33 PM
Old 07-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Accuracy and full factual data is essential to diagnose this sort of fault.

First check that you do not have . in $PATH. This can give trouble if any executable file in the current working directory has the same name as a system command. If in doubt use absolute path names for commands in system scripts or set a custom $PATH specific to the script.

Incorrect use of asterisk characters in a command is more likely, and you probably ran some cleanup script by mistake.
Yeah sorry about that, I hadn't even realized it till you mentioned it. I looked at my $PATH, no . there. So when you say that I may have accidentally run a cleanup script by mistake, how would that have happened? Could cpio have executed something it was trying to copy? Cause I didn't run anything after the command, after it was done copying it just immediately started asking. It actually wasn't really asking if I wanted to delete, I want to say the syntax of what it was saying was something like
Code:
Chmod 750... Are you sure?

Something along those lines. At first it seemed like it was trying to change the permissions of some files. It wasn't until that evening we realized it had deleted a bunch of files.
 

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0ALIAS(1)																 0ALIAS(1)

NAME
0alias -- create quick scripts to run 0launch SYNOPSIS
0alias ALIAS [INTERFACE [MAIN]] DESCRIPTION
Having to keep typing the full URI for a program each time you want to run it with 0launch is annoying. 0alias will create a little script in your PATH to do it for you. Note: the newer "0install add" command provides a more efficient alternative to using aliases. EXAMPLES
A program can be invoked using 0launch: 0launch http://rox.sourceforge.net/2005/interfaces/Edit To avoid having to keep entering the URI, create an alias: 0alias rox-edit http://rox.sourceforge.net/2005/interfaces/Edit To run Edit now: rox-edit To select a different version, or check for updates: 0alias rox-edit If an interface provides more than one program, you can specify which one to use instead of the default. e.g. 0alias svn http://example.com/subversion 0alias svnadmin http://example.com/subversion svnadmin (this is for older programs that use MAIN; for newer programs you may need to use --command instead) COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS -c=COMMAND, --command=COMMAND The generated script will execute COMMAND rather than the default ("run"). -d=DIR, --dir=DIR Install the script into directory DIR, rather than searching for a suitable directory in $PATH. -h, --help Show the built-in help text. -m, --manpage Display the manpage for the alias script given as the single argument. The alias can be an absolute pathname, or the name of a script in $PATH. If the argument isn't an alias script, or if multiple arguments are given, then all arguments are passed to the system 'man' command. This allows you to alias your man command like this: alias man='0alias --manpage' -r, --resolve Print the interface URI for the given alias script to stdout. -V, --version Display version information. LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2012 Thomas Leonard. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. BUGS
Please report bugs to the developer mailing list: http://0install.net/support.html AUTHOR
The Zero Install Injector was created by Thomas Leonard. SEE ALSO
0install(1), 0launch(1), 0desktop(1) The Zero Install web-site: http://0install.net Thomas Leonard 2012 0ALIAS(1)
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