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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Automating Linux Script Post 302856211 by ekglag2 on Monday 23rd of September 2013 11:15:30 AM
Old 09-23-2013
Automating Linux Script

I want to automate the creation or processing of the following:
  • Directory and subdirectory creation for your scenario company
  • Files in each of the directories
  • Symbolic links from 2 subdirectories to their parent directories
  • Setting appropriate file permissions for the directories and files:
    • Directories
      • the file owner can read, modify and access the scenario company directories,
      • the group members can read and access the scenario company directories,
      • everyone else has no access.
    • Files
      • The owner can read and modify the file,
      • the group members can only read the file
      • everyone else has no permissions at all.
  • Include branching to only execute the directory, file and link commands only if the directory or file does not already exist.
  • Set up an error log file with commands to route the errors messages into it.
However, I have only been using Linux for a few weeks now and this is proving to be extremely complicated. I have read tutorials on automating but cannot understand it. This is a school assignment due today by 11:59pm central time. Ant assistance would be greatly appreciated!
 

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cachefspack(1M) 					  System Administration Commands					   cachefspack(1M)

NAME
cachefspack - pack files and file systems in the cache SYNOPSIS
cachefspack [-h] [-i | -p | -u] [-f packing-list] [-U cache-directory] [file]... DESCRIPTION
The cachefspack utility is used to set up and maintain files in the cache. This utility affords greater control over the cache, ensuring that the specified files are in the cache whenever possible. cachefspack does not pack files when the backfileystem type for the cachefs mount is NFSv4. This is because only pass-through support is available for cachefs with NFSv4. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -f packing-list Specify a file containing a list of files and directories to be packed. Options within subdirectories and files can also be specified. The format and rules governing packing-list are described on the packingrules(4) manual page. Directories are packed recursively. Symlinks that match a regular expression on a LIST command are followed. Symlinks encountered while recursively processing directories are not followed. -h Help. Print a brief summary of all the options. -i View information about the packed files. -p Pack the file or files specified by file. This is the default behavior. -u Unpack the file or files specified by file. -U cache-directory Unpack all files in the specified cache directory. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: file A path name of a file to be packed or unpacked. USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of cachefspack when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes). EXAMPLES
Example 1 Packing a File in the Cache The following example packs the file projects in the cache: % cachefspack -p projects Example 2 Packint Files in the Cache The following example packs the files projects, updates, and master_plan in the cache: % cachefspack -p projects updates master_plan Example 3 Unpacking a File From the Cache The following example unpacks the file projects from the cache: % cachefspack -u projects Example 4 Unpacking Files From the Cache The following example unpacks the files projects, updates, and master_plan from the cache: % cachefspack -u projects updates master_plan Example 5 Unpacking All Files From in a Cache Directory The following example unpacks all files in the cache directory cache1: % cachefspack -U /cache/cache1 Example 6 Using a Packing List The following example illustrates the use of a packing list to specify files to be packed in the cache. The contents of lists.pkg are as follows: IGNORE SCCS BASE /src/junk LIST *.c LIST *.h The following command packs all files in the /src/junk directory which have .c and .h extensions, and do contain the string SCCS in the file's path name: % cachefspack -f lists.pkg EXIT STATUS
0 Successful completion. >0 An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
cfsadmin(1M), mount_cachefs(1M), packingrules(4), attributes(5), largefile(5) SunOS 5.11 18 Mar 2004 cachefspack(1M)
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