Problem writing file path to txt file

Vintage_hegoog · #1 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009

if test -z "$1"
then echo "you must give a filename or filepath"
else path=`dirname $1`
f_name =`basename $1`
if path="."
then path=`pwd`
fi
fi
cat $f_name $path >> index.txt

The only problem I am encountering with this is writing $path to index.txt
Keeps going gaga:

cat: /home/07004111/scripts: Is a directory

Is there a way round this?

hemangjani · #2 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009

I'm not sure if I understood the question correctly. But,

Why dont you use 'echo' instead of 'cat'

echo $f_name $path >> index.txt

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