Shell Programming and Scripting

Yes, unless, for example, you're talking about /var/mobile in the system root, in which case you'll issue DIR='/var/mobile', as ~ denotes your Home directory

I get line 5 error integer expression expected

I put the line with the dir like this:

DIR='/var/mobile/Media/"My Music"/'

Also, would it be possible to write the script without the "dostuff" and the "do other stuff ?

I only want this scriptpart to stop the script (withthat Loop you provided) Till the Folder Sizes remains the Same (e.g.doesn't change anymore).


EDIT:

Nevermind, if I use /var/mobile/Media/ as the Dir it works beutifully (seems that "My Music" makes problems...)

Thanks for this, its just what I needed

DIR='/var/mobile/Media/My Music/' will do.

You can write this script in a new script, of course:
(Call it for this example "pause.sh")

Code:

#!/bin/sh

get_size(){ du -s "$1" 2>/dev/null | awk '$0=$1';sleep 5;}

dir_size=$(get_size "$1")
while [ "$(get_size "$1")" -ne "$dir_size" ]; do
	echo 'Size has changed. Pausing 5 more seconds'
	dir_size=$(get_size "$1")
done

echo 'Size has not changed since the last 5 seconds.'

return 0

In your script, do the following:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

DIR=~/'unix.com'

echo "Do stuff"

./pause.sh "$DIR"

echo "Do other stuff"

exit 0