On 03:43:24 Nov 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Everyone, > > I'm sure this is easy, and I am making it harder than it is. > > I am being supplied a list of files, and need to create the files and > directories to hold them, but I cannot figure out how to take the string > apart. > > For example, I am given > > /usr/local/scripts/firewall.sh > > I need to create the /usr/local/scripts directory and then create > firewall.sh. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
There is always more than one way to skin a cat. :) Perhaps you will like mine. DIR=`dirname $path` FILE=`basename $path` /bin/mkdir -p $DIR cd touch $FILE You can put this in a loop with path as loop variable. Best of luck! regards, Girish _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
