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06-30-2009

dswz

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Shell Question

Hi All,

I am having this problem and I can't find a decent answer anywere.
I'am trying to perform multiple command in a shell script.

For example

Code:

mkdir test
tar cvzf test.tar.gz test/
rmdir test

The problem I get is that if I run this file as a cronjob, with a big "test" folder; the rmdir is making targz incomplete.

I've been using the sleep command to stretch the amount of time so that the tar command has time enhough to finish, but I would like to make it more flexible.

What is the best way to do this.. I know the "command1 && command2" option but the backupscript I am trying to make is multiline..
Also tried:

Code:

command1 &
command2 &
command3

I am a shell beginner, but not a beginning programmer..

Any help appreciated. I will post my code if someone's interested.

Daniel

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