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Old 12-08-2009
Syntax error in script

Hey guys keep having problems with the below script syntax error near unpexpected token '0' exit 0 I have two directorys backups and Usr in the usr i have sub dir's wp,ss,pic which i would like to back up (copy those directorys to the backups directory) with user acknowledgement from command line. I would then want the ability to restore those files back to the Usr from Backups so the code is below if any one could be so kind to help me out, would be much appreciated. Thanks

Code:
echo "please choose backup or restore"
read bor case "$bor" in 
backup )
ls -d Usr/*
echo "please choose directory to backup (example wp,ss,pic)"
read dir 
case "$dir" in 
wp )
echo "word processor directory backedup"
cp -r Usr/wp Backups/wp;; 
ss )
echo "word processor directory backedup"
cp -r Usr/ss Backups/ss;; 
pic )
echo "word processor directory backedup"
cp -r Usr/pic Backups/pic;;
 restore )
ls -d Backups/*
echo "please choose directory to restore (wp,ss,pic)"
read bdir 
case "$bdir" in 
wp )
echo "word processor directory restored"
cp -r Backups/wp Usr/wp;; 
ss )
echo "word processor directory restored"
cp -r Backups/ss Usr/ss;; 
pic )
echo "word processor directory restored"
cp -r Backups/pic Usr/pic;; 
exit 0


Last edited by pludi; 12-08-2009 at 05:02 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
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Old 12-08-2009
Can you post the script again, this time formatted correctly?

I see two case statements and no "esac"...
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Old 12-09-2009
... and one line which should be two:

Quote:
read bor case "$bor" in
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