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Old 03-19-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wabard View Post
Code:
#!/bin/sh
 
i=1
 
while(a=1)
do
     if test -e  "FILE."$i
     then
       let i+=1
     else
       break
     fi
done
 
cp -r FILE FILE.$i
what exactly does the a represent in this code?