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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Shell Question Post 302330307 by dswz on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 07:53:59 PM
Old 06-30-2009
Thanks, reborg, for you quick reply,

I think I wasn't clear enough.

This is the code I wrote:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
HOME=/home/mvo
PATH=/home/mvo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

echo -------------------------------------------- >> /home/mvo/backuplog
echo Backup Started `date` >> /home/mvo/backuplog
cd /

if [ -d /home/backups/`date +%w`/ ] ; then
   rm /home/backups/`date +%w`/backup.tar.gz
   echo Overwriting Day `date +%w` starting now.. >> /home/mvo/backuplog
else
   mkdir /home/backups/`date +%w`/
fi

mkdir /home/backups/tmp
mysqldump -u Username -pPassword Databasename | gzip > /home/backups/tmp/mysqldump.sql.dump.gz
echo Database Backup Complete.. >> /home/mvo/backuplog

cp -Rf /var/www /home/backups/tmp
cp -Rf /home/groupoffice /home/backups/tmp
tar czvf /home/backups/`date +%w`/backup.tar.gz /home/backups/tmp
rm -Rf /home/backups/tmp
echo GroupOffice Backup Complete.. >> /home/mvo/backuplog

echo Backup Completed `date` >> /home/mvo/backuplog

And it is a cronjob. However when I run this script ./backup.sh then everything works fine.. When I run it through a cronjob the "rm -Rf /home/backups/tmp" and the "cp -Rf /var/www /home/backups/tmp" commands are like "overwritten" by the next commands.. in other words: they start to early aka they wont wait for previous command to finish.

How can I get past this? I've tried sleep but I want to keep my script flexibel as the content of the backupdirs may change in size.
So what I want to do is wait for a command to finish before calling a next command!

Thanks for you help!
Last edited by dswz; 06-30-2009 at 09:18 PM..
 

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cpanplus::shell::default

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			     CPANPLUS::Shell::Default(3pm)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default - the default CPANPLUS shell

SYNOPSIS

	   ### loading the shell:
	   $ cpanp		       # run 'cpanp' from the command line
	   $ perl -MCPANPLUS -eshell   # load the shell from the command line

	   use CPANPLUS::Shell qw[Default];	   # load this shell via the API
						   # always done via CPANPLUS::Shell

	   my $ui = CPANPLUS::Shell->new;
	   $ui->shell;				   # run the shell
	   $ui->dispatch_on_input( input => 'x');  # update the source using the
						   # dispatch method

	   ### when in the shell:
	   ### Note that all commands can also take options.
	   ### Look at their underlying CPANPLUS::Backend methods to see
	   ### what options those are.
	   cpanp> h		    # show help messages
	   cpanp> ?		    # show help messages

	   cpanp> m Acme	    # find acme modules, allows regexes
	   cpanp> a KANE	    # find modules by kane, allows regexes
	   cpanp> f Acme::Foo	    # get a list of all releases of Acme::Foo

	   cpanp> i Acme::Foo	    # install Acme::Foo
	   cpanp> i Acme-Foo-1.3    # install version 1.3 of Acme::Foo
	   cpanp> i <URI>	    # install from URI, like ftp://foo.com/X.tgz
	   cpanp> i <DIR>	    # install from an absolute or relative directory
	   cpanp> i 1 3..5	    # install search results 1, 3, 4 and 5
	   cpanp> i *		    # install all search results
	   cpanp> a KANE; i *;	    # find modules by kane, install all results
	   cpanp> t Acme::Foo	    # test Acme::Foo, without installing it
	   cpanp> u Acme::Foo	    # uninstall Acme::Foo
	   cpanp> d Acme::Foo	    # download Acme::Foo
	   cpanp> z Acme::Foo	    # download & extract Acme::Foo, then open a
				    # shell in the extraction directory

	   cpanp> c Acme::Foo	    # get a list of test results for Acme::Foo
	   cpanp> l Acme::Foo	    # view details about the Acme::Foo package
	   cpanp> r Acme::Foo	    # view Acme::Foo's README file
	   cpanp> o		    # get a list of all installed modules that
				    # are out of date
	   cpanp> o 1..3	    # list uptodateness from a previous search

	   cpanp> s conf	    # show config settings
	   cpanp> s conf md5 1	    # enable md5 checks
	   cpanp> s program	    # show program settings
	   cpanp> s edit	    # edit config file
	   cpanp> s reconfigure     # go through initial configuration again
	   cpanp> s selfupdate	    # update your CPANPLUS install
	   cpanp> s save	    # save config to disk
	   cpanp> s mirrors	    # show currently selected mirrors

	   cpanp> ! [PERL CODE]     # execute the following perl code

	   cpanp> b		    # create an autobundle for this computers
				    # perl installation
	   cpanp> x		    # reload index files (purges cache)
	   cpanp> x --update_source # reload index files, get fresh source files
	   cpanp> p [FILE]	    # print error stack (to a file)
	   cpanp> v		    # show the banner
	   cpanp> w		    # show last search results again

	   cpanp> q		    # quit the shell
	   cpanp> e		    # exit the shell and reload

	   cpanp> /plugins	    # list available plugins
	   cpanp> /? PLUGIN	    # list help test of <PLUGIN>

	   ### common options:
	   cpanp> i ... --skiptest # skip tests
	   cpanp> i ... --force    # force all operations
	   cpanp> i ... --verbose  # run in verbose mode

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides the default user interface to "CPANPLUS". You can start it via the "cpanp" binary, or as detailed in the SYNOPSIS.

BUG REPORTS

       Please report bugs or other issues to <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org<gt>.

AUTHOR

       This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c) 2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

       This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp

perl v5.18.2							    2014-01-06					     CPANPLUS::Shell::Default(3pm)
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