What's the best way to check file permissions before moving files if needed?
Hello,
I would like to know if it's a good practice to check the file permissions of the contents of a directory before moving them. For example:
The variables $directory and $destination contain the path to an existing directory. The problem is that I don't have control of the user's directory who runs the script so, in theory, the files may not have the needed permissions to be moved, and the directory is required to be empty. What's a good way to check if every file was moved successfully?
The first thing that came to mind is to check the exit status of the command:
However, this doesn't mean a file couldn't be moved, because it can also exit because of a non-existing directory entry as a result of the glob. I also thought of checking if the directory is actually empty:
But I'd like to know if this check is unnecessary. I also thought about checking if every single file has the needed permissions before using the mv command, but I'm afraid that would be superfluous.
Thanks in advance.
What I need to do is: I need to use the grep command to search for pattern in directory and sub-directories. And also I need to show the permission of file been seached by the grep command.
Could any one please suggest me?
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I am new to shell scripting. Can someone help me out with this one please?
I need to write a script fot the following scenario:
I am currently in /parent directory.
I have a set of files in /parent/error_files directory
My script has to search for a file in /parent/erratic_files... (1 Reply)
hello,
I have to write a script to run the other script inside it.So iam planning to write like this?
first check the perimissions of the file.
Alogorthim
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if(!filepermissions == execute)
then
echo" Permissions denined"
else
execute the script.
file name is : load_mf.sh... (1 Reply)
Hi
I am want to create a script where the file gets moved from the current folder to a folder transfer based on the oldest first. This script should run one file at a time using a loop. I want it as a loop because I want to do some processing while I have one file. Can anyone guide me on this? (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a directory having so many number of files. Now I want to move the files which are older than one month (lets say) from this directory to another directory (say BKP dir).
Simply, if file is olderthan one month move it from source1 dir to BKP1 dir.
My file names doesn't have... (7 Replies)
Hi,
For a particular set of files, am trying to check if they are writable. i.e., checking whether they are having permissions greater than 755.
Am able to check this using the statement:
"if (os.path.isfile(FILE_PATH) and (os.stat(FILE_PATH).st_mode & 0777) == 0777):"
But the problem here... (0 Replies)
Hi,
For a particular set of files, am trying to check if they are writable. i.e., checking whether they are having permissions greater than 755.
Am able to check this using the statement:
"if (os.path.isfile(FILE_PATH) and (os.stat(FILE_PATH).st_mode & 0777) == 0777):"
But the problem... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I have multiple files in the folder, I want to move those files into the other folder on based of name
File names:
Template_server1_01==>
Template_server1_02==>To one directory /Server1
Template_server1_03==>
Template_server2_01==>
Template_server2_02==>To one... (9 Replies)
Is there a way to check when the permissions for the file got changed in AIX
IS there some file which logs all these details?
Best regards,
Vishal (4 Replies)
This is the content of my directory
c_g_se1_gb.ph
c_g_se1_gb.ph_pl_s.t
c_g_se1_gb.ph_pl_tr.t
c_g_se3_gb.ph
c_g_se3_gb.ph_pl_s.t
c_g_se3_gb.ph_pl_tr.t
c_g_se2_gb.ph
c_g_se2_gb.ph_pl_s.t
c_g_se2_gb.ph_pl_tr.t
c_g_se4_gb-1.ph
c_g_se4_gb-1.ph_pl_s.t
c_g_se4_gb-1.ph_pl_tr.t... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: sammy777888
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
check-permissions
check-permissions(1M) System Administration Commands check-permissions(1M)NAME
check-permissions - check permissions on mail rerouting files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/check-permissions [login]
DESCRIPTION
The check-permissions script is intended as a migration aid for sendmail(1M). It checks the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file for all configured
alias files, and checks the alias files for :include: files. It also checks for certain .forward files. For each file that check-permis-
sions checks, it verifies that none of the parent directories are group- or world-writable. If any directories are overly permissive, it is
reported. Otherwise it reports that no unsafe directories were found.
As to which .forward files are checked, it depends on the arguments included on the command line. If no argument is given, the current
user's home directory is checked for the presence of a .forward file. If any arguments are given, they are assumed to be valid logins, and
the home directory of each one is checked.
If the special argument ALL is given, the passwd entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file is checked, and all password entries that can be
obtained through the switch file are checked. In large domains, this can be time-consuming.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login Where login is a valid user name, checks the home directory for login.
ALL Checks the home directory of all users.
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf Defines enviornment for sendmail
/etc/mail/aliases Ascii mail aliases file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsndmu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO getent(1M), sendmail(1M), aliases(4), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 10 Nov 2003 check-permissions(1M)