On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> I have numerous "user accounts" on my Slackware computer. (I have only
> one computer) They are all used only by me, for different reasons. root
> copies various files to various directories under various accounts
> (/home/user/ PIX or PDF or DOC etc. )
>
> I use script files in mc to range every file in a directory and they
> change the ownership and attributes for security reasons.
Why use mc? Why not "fild /home/user/{PIX,PDF,DOC} -type f"?
> I can't get the script file to handle filenames with spaces in them,
> that's the problem. I think using the file manager "mc" is not part of
> the problem, but I want to use it with mc for the convenience it supplies.
> Otherwise spaces are no problem for mc.
>
> First the usage:
> mc
> cd /home/user1
> *
> F2
> cursor up to top entry
> Enter
> o
> Enter
Well, I'm not sure of the exact dialog foxes in mc, and anyhow, they may
change between versions.
> /usr/bin/nice -n -20 chown -Rhc ka4inm:users $1$2$3$4
You need to enclose anything that might contain spaces (that nonetheless
should be interpreted as one argument) in double quotes (""). Enclosing
variables unneccessarily in double quotes does not hurt; single quotes
will prevent variable expansion, so don't swap them.
What do $1, $2, $3, and $4 contain?
> When testing be careful, this will go into every directory within it's
> path and change everything. I've broken my system more than once with
> these.
Test with "echo chmod $whatever", until you're sure it's right.
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