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Old 09-08-2008
Simple question abt Copy command.
Hi ! All

This is very simple question....

How to write a 'cp' command interative.

Example :

cp /wlsuite/om/cm/Tools/deploy_scripts/*.xml ${INF_ROOT}/tmp | echo "[DONE]" || echo "[ERROR] Pls investigate ..."

My intent was
> to copy the files.
> CP fails... then let know the user.

pls help...
# 2  
Old 09-08-2008
Don't pipe to echo "[DONE]", it doesn't do what you want and masks out the return code from cp

Perhaps you meant

Code:
cp stuff && echo done || echo error

The cp command will display an error message by itself if copying fails, so perhaps what you are doing is superfluous.
# 3  
Old 09-08-2008
Quote:
cp stuff && echo done || echo error
Am adding small correction to that

Code:
cp stuff stuff_copied && echo done || echo error

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