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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copy Command in Script Not Working Post 302187012 by JeffR on Friday 18th of April 2008 06:03:21 PM
Old 04-18-2008
Copy Command in Script Not Working
Hi,
I have about enough UNIX knowledge to fill a thimble, but when a co-worker left I inherited an interface that runs Informatica on a UNIX box. I like UNIX, but my lack of skill is a real hindrance right now and I need to be able to archive the 9 csv files that are put in a directory by the FTP process by copying them to an archive directory with a date appended. I'm having problems with the script I've tried to piece together (mostly from this site) returning a usage error with the cp command. If someone can show me how to fix the error, I will certainly appreciate it.

Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh

for filename in *.csv
do

filefullname=$1
filename=${filefullname%.*}
fileext=${filefullname##*.}

DTE=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`

newfilename="${filename}${DTE}.${fileext}"

cp -p -E{force} $filefullname $newfilename/test1

done

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-19-2008 at 06:24 AM.. Reason: added code tags
 

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LEARN ABOUT BSD

ranlib

RANLIB(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RANLIB(1)

NAME

       ranlib - table-of-contents for archive libraries

SYNOPSIS

       ranlib [-t] file ...

DESCRIPTION

       Ranlib  creates	a  table  of  external	references  for  archive  libraries,  normally	used by the loader, ld(1).  This table is is named
       ``__.SYMDEF'' and is prepended to the archive.  Files in the archive which are not executable and symbols which are  uninteresting  to  the
       loader are ignored.

       The options are as follows:

       -t     Set  the	modification time of the __.SYMDEF file.  This time is compared by the loader with the modification time of the archive to
	      verify that the table is up-to-date with respect to the archive.	If the modification time has been changed without  any	change	to
	      the  archive (for example, by a cp(1)), the -t option can be used to ``touch'' the modification time so that it appears that the ta-
	      ble is up-to-date.

FILES

       /tmp	     default temporary file directory

       ranlib.XXXXXX temporary file names

SEE ALSO

       ar(1), ld(1), lorder(1), nm(1), ranlib(5)

HISTORY

       A ranlib command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution					    May 9, 1991 							 RANLIB(1)
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