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# 15  
Old 01-21-2011
you're probably right. i'll try it with the change.
# 16  
Old 01-21-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jscan
@DGPickett - every one of my efforts at linking have failed. i don't know much about it, but i can say with certainty that i have had NO luck with getting the linking to work. not even the glimmer of hope :-(
Clone tree linking is hard links, so most programs have no problem. The clone tree is real duplicate directories, but the files are hard linked, not sym-links, which is to say they are file inodes that happen to have a link count > 1. However, speed and space have not been identified as concerns! (I wonder if you can hard link a symlink? Smilie)
Last edited by DGPickett; 01-23-2011 at 12:56 PM..
# 17  
Old 01-25-2011
i'm losing my mind over this!

if i run the following script in ANY local user's account, it works just fine.
Code:
#!/bin/tcsh -f

## Properties
set defGrp = staff
set td = "~/Library/Application\ Support/RMS"

if ( -d {td} ) then
	echo ""
	else
	cp -R "/Users/admin/Public/RMS" ~/Library/Application\ Support/
	/usr/sbin/chown -R ${1}:${defGrp} ~/Library/Application\ Support/RMS
endif

but it WILL NOT work as a loginhook.

does anyone have any thoughts? i've now lost three days of work in trying to get this thing to work properly!
Last edited by Scott; 02-01-2011 at 12:00 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 18  
Old 01-25-2011
Does anything come up on the screen to show what happened? Maybe since in loginhook you are still root, the ~ is /:

Mac OS X: Creating a login hook
# 19  
Old 01-28-2011
@ DGPickett - it looks like syntax errors, likely caused by the fact that i have no idea what i'm doing :-)

i tweaked everything, went back to square one, re-did everything in bash, and i'm ready to try again. here's what i'm starting with:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
RMS_LOCATION="/Users/admin/Public/RMS"
DIR="$1/Library/Application Support/RMS"
if [ -d $DIR ]; then
echo ""
else
cp -R $RMS_LOCATION $DIR
chown -R $1 $DIR
fi
exit 0

---------- Post updated at 09:08 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:42 AM ----------

running script manually produces the following error:
Code:
/Library/Scripts/rms_bash.sh: line 4: [: /Library/Application: binary operator expected
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file target_file
       cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file ... target_directory
chown: /Library/Application: Invalid argument

Last edited by Scott; 02-01-2011 at 11:59 AM.. Reason: Use code tags, please!
# 20  
Old 01-28-2011
It seems like [ -d is not working, try logging echo "DIR='$DIR'" >>logfile. In original unix, [ is a second name for test in /bin, but later shells do the same as a built-in.

Also, does not address group of final tree..
# 21  
Old 01-31-2011
As a login hook do this: (COPY AND PASTE IT EXACTLY)
Code:
#!/bin/bash
RMS_LOCATION="/Users/admin/Public/RMS"
DIR="/Users/$1/Library/Application Support/RMS"
if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
echo ""
else
cp -R $RMS_LOCATION "$DIR" ||mkdir 
"/Users/$1/Library/Application Support/RMS" && cp -R 
/Users/admin/Public/RMS/* 
"/Users/$1/Library/Application Support/RMS"
chown -R $1 "$DIR"
fi
exit 0

---------- Post updated at 11:54 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:50 AM ----------

You have spaces in your $DIR, you need to double quote it you silly goose.. Should work now.
 
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