[H-GEN] ksh scripting problem

[Greg Black]

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On 2003-08-24, Scott Pullen wrote:

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> How do I copy files using the i-node instead of the filename?

You don't.

> eg the code looks something like this
> 
> for $entity in `ls $source$entry`
> do
> 	if [[ -d $entity ]]; then
> 		recursively call function
> 	fi
> 
> 	if [[ -f $entity && -r $entity ]]; then
> 		cp $entity $newdir$source$entry
> 	fi
> done

Well, there's plenty of evidence that the code doesn't look like
that -- try to post the code you really tried rather than some
variant that you invent for the purpose.

If you really want to do what you appear to be attempting here,
why are you not using the standard utility that god provided for
this task: pax?  If you're trying to do something else and it's
not just an exercise, maybe you could give us some more data.

Cheers, Greg

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