defining variables - Page 2

methyl · #1 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009

Is the start of the script trying to rename both the files named in shell variables ${DMI_FILE} and ${SNMP_FILE} , rather than a file called "conf" in the current working directory ?
If so, then please try the construct below (untested) and remove the "echo" from the "mv" line if it does what you want. I've avoided having a shell variable called "conf" because it appears to be causing confusion! Where you had a shell variable called "conf" I have called it "filename". We are back to "bash" because I don't think that "test -e" is valid in ksh.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/bash

# My Variables
DMI_FILE="/etc/dmi/conf"
SNMP_FILE="/etc/snmp/conf"

for filename in "${DMI_FILE}" "${SNMP_FILE}"
do
        if [ -e "${filename}" ]
        then
                echo mv "${filename}" "${filename}.orig"
                echo "${filename} has been moved"
        else
                echo "${filename} does not exist"
                exit
        fi
done

em23 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009

here is the error that i get when i run the script.

mv: cannot access conf
mv: cannot access conf

em23 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009

so would the mv statement be written into this like so...

Code:

if [ -d /etc/dmi/conf/ ];
then
   print '/etc/dmi/conf/ does exist'
do
   mv "$?" conf.orig
else
   print '/etc/dmi/conf/ does NOT exist'
fi

em23 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009

nevermind. disregard my last. my test showed an error in the 'do' line.

em23 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009

looks like that did the trick, methyl.

thank you both for your feedback and suggestions.

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