Hi ,
I want to copy files from one dir to anothe dir and check if destination dir exists ,if not exist ,has to create but when executing the below schell script ,the destination directory not exist and exit the shell script.
#!/bin/sh
src_path=/home/owngdw/abc
tgt_path=/home/owngdw/abc/xyz
if [ ! -d ${tgt_path}];
then
mkdir -p ${tgt_path}
#mkdir -p abc/xyz
fi
cp ${src_path}/aaa* ${tgt_path}/

Thanks
MR

Code looks ok..however one minor mistake I noticed maybe that helps

See below see if it works:

#!/bin/sh
src_path=/home/owngdw/abc
tgt_path=/home/owngdw/abc/xyz
if [ ! -d ${tgt_path} ];
then
mkdir -p ${tgt_path}
#mkdir -p abc/xyz
fi
cp ${src_path}/aaa* ${tgt_path}/

If not then let me know the error while executing it.

What message you are getting i tried with same script and problem is
here you need to maintain space between }<space>];

Hi Anubhav,
Thanks for your help,now succeeded without an error.

Thanks and Regards,
MR

Hi,

one more query ,I have two files and want to compare and produce the o/p if any differences.Please anyone to help.

Thanks and Regards,
MR

well if there are plain files then you can use diff or sdiff for that. If you need something exact please provide the actual problem or mirror example for me to look.

Hi ,
Ok,I will post u the scnerio later.However copying files and subdirectories between directories at specific time interval and want to prompt the destination directory name at run time ( Prompt the name ,when it enters that will check ,if it exists already exit and say that name already exist else create )

Thanks ,
MR