Tips for the Occasional UNIX ARC/INFO User
For those of us who once knew this stuff, but don't use it often enough to remember it!
Copying files and coverages:
- DO THIS IN ARCTools -- it's much easier
- If you can't use ARCTools ... then ....
- For standard UNIX files "cp" is copy (i.e. cp [from] [to])
- To copy an entire directory use "cp -r" (recursive for the whole directory)
- Only copy coverages using this command IF the directory you are copying to is an ARC/INFO Workspace -- because for an ARC/INFO coverage the directory is also defined as a "workspace" -- and the workspace file relationships must be maintained.
- To create an ARC/INFO workspace, at the ARC prompt type (I can never remember this) arc: cw [workspace name] OR arc:creatworkspace [workspace name]
UNIX Directory Structure
Remember: Use UNIX directory structures when identifying the file path
- i.e. ~robyn/projects -- no / needed before the ~robyn, but a / is needed before regular directories /projects/gis
- if the target "to" directory is a level up, you need to include the ../projects