Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:37:01 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au> To: keith@mail.telestream.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testing file permissions Message-ID: <199911110237.KAA25009@laurasia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911101141470.14399-100000@mail.telestream.com> from "keith@mail.telestream.com" at "Nov 10, 99 11:45:29 am"
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Hello Keith,
Thank you for your suggestions.
> ls -l|awk '{print $3 $4}'
>
> will get you the ownership to be able to test it.
>
> ls -l|awk '{print $1}'
>
> will nab the perms
>
> Or am I being an idiot and still not understanding what it is you are
> trying to do. :)
No - not at all! I'm making a mountain out of a mole-hill :-)
I had a private email from Juha Nurmela suggesting that I have a look at
the mtree (1) command -- indeed, it solves my problem. Having read the
answer, I can now state clearly what my problem was (!):
To compare a file hierarchy against a specification of permissions
and ownership.
The `objection' that I had to using the Unix text tools and small command
languages was it that it seemed to be a heavy-weight solution to a tiny
problem.
Thank you again for your suggestions. I appreciate the effort you've put
into helping me.
Mike Kennett
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