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 currently in /parent directory.
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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.
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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
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