The ToolTalk service provides ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands to copy, move, and remove ToolTalk object and file information. Table 12–4 lists the ToolTalk-enhanced shell commands that you and users of your application should use to copy, move, and remove files referenced in messages and files that contain objects.
Table 12–4 ToolTalk-Wrapped Shell Commands
Command |
Description |
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Copies file to new location. Updates file and object location information in ToolTalk database. |
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Renames directory or files. Updates file and object location information in ToolTalk database. |
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Removes specified file. Removes file and object information from the ToolTalk database. |
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Removes empty directories (directories that contain no files) that have ToolTalk object specs associated with them. (It is possible to create an object spec for a directory; when an object spec is created, the path name of a file or directory is supplied.) Removes object information from the ToolTalk database. |
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Archives (or extracts) multiple files and object information into (or from) a single archive, called a tarfile. Can also be used to only archive (or extract) ToolTalk file and object information into (or from) a tarfile. |