What are trying to do - not password protect a file but what?
Stop users from reading the file? Stop some users from running the script.
Because this is an unusual request, it seems likely that what you are really after is something that is not so unusual.
For example, you could:
create a user, say scripter.
Assign ownership of the file to scripter
put permissions on the file: rwx------, make sure scripter can execute the directory path
Then setup a login .profile for scripter that traps ctrl-c:
Now, when someone logs in as scripter the only thing that happens is the script runs, then the user is logged out of scripte right away.
If you are are an environment that has more security requirements you can chroot the account (scripter).
hello.,
i have 2 files..
1 file is in this folder
/home/test/ssk/DSA.WLG.20050713211544.20050710.20050713211544
(this part)
other file is in this folder
/home/kk/dev/DSA.WLG.20050711210100.20050710.20050711210100
... (1 Reply)
hi all
i am writing the korn shell script.
i have a SQL script which gives me the folowing output
DSA.WLG.20050713211544.20051025.20050713211544 28991 1130198400
DSA.WLG.20050713211544.20051025.20050713211544 25881 1130198400
DSA.WLG.20050711210100.20051025.20050711210100 25881 ... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I'm currently messing around with arrays for the first time in scripting (Unix Korn Shell). All I'm trying to do right now before I make things complicated is read through and print out to screen whether the read file is or is not a directory.
Here is my directory:
ls -l
total... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am very new to UNIX and I wanted to know if there is any online UNIX emulator in which I can practice Korn shell scripting. I have internet access, but my machine's OS is Windows XP. I just had my UNIX fundamental class and wanted to practice some shell scripting. I am not in a position to... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am about to take certification for "Unix Korn Shell Scripting", which is conducted by brain bench. ( http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/taketest.xml?testId=46)
The test consists of 40 single and multiple choice questions that must be answered in 60 minutes. The pass mark... (0 Replies)
I have to solve some exercises in Korn Shell, but i'm having some problems. For example:
Write a korn shell script with an alfanumeric string as argument. The script lists the file's names in the current directory that contain the given string as substring and that can be read and written.
I... (3 Replies)
I am rather new to korn shell scripting and attempting to write a Unix script that would detach, attach a range partition table in DB2 UDB LUW database. This would be a job scheduled in control M that reads in an input file with 5 parameters passed to it from the application. I don't have much... (1 Reply)
Write a function called dateToDays that takes three parameters -a month string such as Sep, a day number such as 18, and a year number such as 1962-and return s the number of days from January 1, 1900, to the date.
Notes: I am asking you to account for leap years.
my script is not... (0 Replies)
Migrating Unix batch jobs (Korn Shell) running in HP-UX server to Linux environment.
Hi All
Please help me to understand the easiest way to migrate Kernel Shell scripts to Linux Bash. Also let me know
1. Any automated scripts or tools available for this.
2. Challenges and issues... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cpremesh
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
exit
exit(1) User Commands exit(1)NAME
exit, return, goto - shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps
SYNOPSIS
sh
exit [n]
return [n]
csh
exit [ ( expr )]
goto label
ksh
*exit [n]
*return [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. If n is omitted the exit status is that of
the last command executed (an EOF will also cause the shell to exit.)
return causes a function to exit with the return value specified by n. If n is omitted, the return status is that of the last command exe-
cuted.
csh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit, either with the value of the status variable or with the value specified by the
expression expr.
The goto built-in uses a specified label as a search string amongst commands. The shell rewinds its input as much as possible and searches
for a line of the form label: possibly preceded by space or tab characters. Execution continues after the indicated line. It is an error to
jump to a label that occurs between a while or for built-in command and its corresponding end.
ksh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. The value will be the least significant 8
bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the exit status is that of the last command executed. When exit occurs when executing
a trap, the last command refers to the command that executed before the trap was invoked. An end-of-file will also cause the shell to exit
except for a shell which has the ignoreeof option (See set below) turned on.
return causes a shell function or '.' script to return to the invoking script with the return status specified by n. The value will be the
least significant 8 bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the return status is that of the last command executed. If return
is invoked while not in a function or a '.' script, then it is the same as an exit.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO break(1), csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 exit(1)