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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have to move files (one by one) from one dir to another, in such a way that the oldest file should be moved first followed by the latest file. The source dir (from where I am moving files) may contains a minimum of 20K files at any point of time. I am not able to use "ls -ltr" as it throws error... (6 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello!!
I have directories from 2008, with files in them. I want to create a script that will find the directoried from 2008 (example directory:
drwxr-xr-x 2 isplan users 1024 Nov 21 2008 FILES_112108), delete the files within those directories and then delete the directories... (3 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
if I have a dir with a mixture of files and directories in it and one of the directories *only* has read permission for the owner and I am not the owner - will I see it with an 'ls -la'.
I do not have access to a unix box at present to try this out.
Any thoughts gratefully received (1 Reply)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi!
i'm using FreeBSD 6.2 and hosting my pc to frens
in particular of sensitive information being saved to the PC, i would like to know is it possible for me to restrict user access to their /home dir. only?
and also, i wanted to restrict them listing files under /etc
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello
i want to ask
how can i let a newly created user to access only one directory and not any other directory at all.: (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am writing code to copy file if user dir exists.
Code snippet :
#!/bin/sh
if
then
cp ~user1/file file
else
cp ~user2/file file
fi
This code works if shell is ksh but not if shell is sh.
Can anyone suggest how this can work in sh script?
Thanks,
Ashish (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guys,
Im trying to set up FTP to my Apache Tomcat dir on my server so my web designer can FTP in and look at things in a live environment.
However at first I couldn't write to the dir, so i change some permissions, and now I cant access it at all!
Here is my LS -all output:
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
i'm looking for a bash or tcsh script that will clone an empty dir tree 'over' another tree ...
specifically, i'd like to:
(1) specify a src directory
(2) list the directory tree/hiearchy beneath that src dir, w/o files -- just the dirs
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to know how I'll be able to write a script that can goto a different dir where I don't have access to read,write and execute and also to run a commandline prompt in that dir with one file whose path has to be specified in that command.
Will I be able to do this?
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I give specific user the ablity to create, delete, rename, and alter in a specific directory. I am using redhad 7.2 and would like to give a specific user the rights to a dirc in the main www directory. (1 Reply)
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