ToolTalk User's Guide

ToolTalk-Enhanced Shell Commands

The ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands described in Table 6–1 first invoke the standard shell commands with which they are associated (for example, ttmv invokes mv) and then update the ToolTalk service with the file changes. It is necessary to use the ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands when working with files that contain ToolTalk objects.

Table 6–1 ToolTalk-Enhanced Shell Commands


Command	Definition	Syntax
`ttcp`	Copies files that contain objects.	`ttcp` `source-file destination-file`
`ttmv`	Renames files that contain objects.	`ttmv` `old` `new`
`ttrm`	Removes files that contain objects.	`ttrm` `file`
`ttrmdir`	Removes empty directories that are associated with ToolTalk objects. You also use this command to create an object spec for a directory; for example, if a directory is mentioned in a file-scoped message. When an object spec is created, the path name of a file or directory is supplied.	`ttrmdir` `directory`
`tttar`	Archives and de-archives files that contain ToolTalk objects.	`tttar` `c\|t\|x` `pathname1` `pathname2`

You can cause the ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands to be executed when the standard shell commands are invoked. To do this, alias the ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands in the shell startup file so that the enhanced commands appear as standard shell commands.

# ToolTalk-aware shell commands in .cshrc
alias mv	ttmv
alias cp	ttcp
alias rm	ttrm
alias rmdir	ttrmdir
alias tar	tttar