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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Snytax error on If Statement--help Post 302192792 by dannyd_y on Wednesday 7th of May 2008 09:58:29 PM
Old 05-07-2008
Snytax error on If Statement--help

year=`date '+%Y'`
month=`date '+%m'`
day=`date '+%d'`
day=`expr $day - 1`

case $month in
1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12);;

if($day =7 ); then
$day=6
fi

4 | 6 | 9 | 11);;
if [ $day = 0 ] ; then
$day=31
fi

2);;
if [ $day = 0 ] ; then
if [ `expr $year % 4` -eq 0]; then
$day = 28
else
$day = 29
fi
fi
*) echo error: too many arguments 1>&2 ;;
esac

DATE=$year$month$day
cp $HOME/*$DATE*.log $HOME/QVGLog
cd $HOME/QVGLog
gzip *


the error message is
./call: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./call: line 9: `if($day =7 ); then'


Pls help, i've checked the syntax for if else statement on web, but cant fix it.Smilie
 

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cal_to_jd - Converts from a supported calendar to Julian Day Count

SYNOPSIS
int cal_to_jd (int $calendar, int $month, int $day, int $year) DESCRIPTION
cal_to_jd(3) calculates the Julian day count for a date in the specified $calendar. Supported $calendars are CAL_GREGORIAN, CAL_JULIAN, CAL_JEWISH and CAL_FRENCH. PARAMETERS
o $calendar - Calendar to convert from, one of CAL_GREGORIAN, CAL_JULIAN, CAL_JEWISH or CAL_FRENCH. o $month - The month as a number, the valid range depends on the $calendar o $day - The day as a number, the valid range depends on the $calendar o $year - The year as a number, the valid range depends on the $calendar RETURN VALUES
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