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# 1  
Old 10-24-2008
How to search a directory in unix
Hi,

I'm very new to shell script. Try to search a directory named construction using : find construction -type d.

but don't know the path. so it can not stat.

want to return the path of directory construction.
can anyone help me.
# 2  
Old 10-24-2008
If I understand you, you want to find the directory 'construction' and return its path?

If so, it would be as simple as:

find / -type d -name "construction"

This can take a long time, so if you know where it can be (say under /usr), you can restrict the search:

find /usr ...
# 3  
Old 10-24-2008
thanks for reply.
scenario is same what u understand.

Actually I'll run a script which will search whether the "construction" directory is present or not. if present then only run the script and the path for "construction" is variable.

is there any other way to implement this.
# 4  
Old 10-24-2008
Finding a directory, if the its availble run the Script.
Hi, i think below script will help you something.....

vari=`find . -name "construction" | grep construction`

if [ "$vari != "" ]
then

run the script. (Give your Script name here) eg: $home/bin/run.ksh
else

echo "There is no variable like Construction, going to Exit"
fi
# 5  
Old 10-24-2008
This will find directories named construction and pass them into the script.

Code:
for all in `find / -name "construction" -type d -print`
do
  /bin/scripttorun.ksh $all
done

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