UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

/bin/sh is the shell that interprets your script. Until your script is run by some interpretor, all it is is a series of bytes in a file system.

the "#!/bin/sh" tells the operating system to run this script with this interpreter, aka the shell.

the "-x" makes /bin/sh spit out debugging lines that describe it's activities, once you have debugged the script remove the "-x".

Thanks, looks like I'll have to do some debugging as the --exclude isn't working for rsync.

H.

Hi, I know you have to escapte certain characters in Unix (and programming) but how do you do it when it's in a file path?

I want to add this to my rsync command:

Code:

exclude=/patwa/.cpanel/

But I found that it doesn't like the full stop there, I tried wrapping the command in quotes:

Code:

exclude="/patwa/.cpanel/"

But that didn't go down well either. Maybe:

Code:

exclude=/patwa/\.cpanel/

?

Your tips appreciated as always.

H.