ptmkdir

Description

ptmkdir makes directories on specified hosts.

Command Line Arguments

ptmkdir [-m <machine_file>|-M <machine_list>] [-p] <dir1> [<dir2> <dir3>...]

-m <machine_file>

Specify a file with a list of destination machines. It is incorrect to use this with the -M option. This option must preceed all others.

-M <machine_list>

Specify a list of destination machines. The entire list must be surrounded by quotes. It is incorrect to use this with the -m option. This option must preceed all others.

-p

create any parent directories if they do not exist

<dir1> [<dir2> <dir3>...]

the list of directories to create

Environment Variables

PT_MACHINE_FILE

If PT_MACHINE_FILE is set, the command will attempt to open the file whose name is stored in PT_MACHINE_FILE. This will be used if neither the -m or -M options are given.

Examples

To create the directory "mydir" on the machines specified in the file "destination_machines" use

ptmkdir -m destination_machines mydir

To make the same directory, specifying the machines on the command line, use

ptmkdir -M "host1 host2 host3" mydir

To create the directory "mydir/mysubdir", ensuring that mydir exists, use

ptmkdir -m destination_machines -p mydir/mysubdir

Notes

The mkdir(1) option '-m' is not supported because it conflicts with the machine file option. To get the same result, use ptmkdir, followed by ptchmod(1).

See Also

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