[SOLVED] rediraction of data entry

ovod88 · 04-26-2010, 03:41 PM

I have created file "dirlist" using the next command:
ls > dirlist
Then I changed current directory and made the same. When I opened "dirlist" I saw the content of the new current directory. I forbided overwriting by
set -o noclobber
Yep, it works, nothing can be attended to the file but how to revert?

Tinkster · 04-26-2010, 04:06 PM

noblobber is not what you want - it will make the append FAIL
if the file exists.

Just use > for the first redirect, and >> for subsequent ones.

Cheers,
Tink

ovod88 · 04-26-2010, 04:14 PM

No, you didnt understand the question. When I used set -o noclobber i forbided overwriting the file, right? But how to make the opposite, to allow to overwrite the file)))

catkin · 04-26-2010, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ovod88

No, you didnt understand the question. When I used set -o noclobber i forbided overwriting the file, right? But how to make the opposite, to allow to overwrite the file)))

Only by output redirection in the shell. The change I think you want is not to the file but to the shell: set +o noclobber

ovod88 · 04-26-2010, 04:24 PM

Thanks. This is what I wanted