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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions script similar to rm utility Post 302475901 by vbe on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 09:15:40 AM
Old 11-30-2010
Code:
 if [ ! -d ~/.saferm ]  # dont forget the space after [ , and before ]

Your >&2 although correct ( where do you usually display the result of an echo?) is superflu IMHO (makes sence if you were to log errors somewhere...)

Be more respectfull in your indentation (2 or 3 char? once decided, stck to it!)
e.g.
Code:
if [ $# != 1 ]
then
   echo "Usage: saferm  -l  (or a filename)" # >&2
   exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d ~/.saferm ]
then
   mkdir ~/.saferm
fi

if [ "$1" = "-l" ]
then
   ls -l ~/.saferm
else
   mv $1 ~/.saferm
fi

Notice the third test, I removed a = sign, it will not work like that in ksh and you didnt mention what shell you were using...

---------- Post updated at 15:15 ---------- Previous update was at 15:01 ----------

And you didnt test if $1 existed, you risk to see you shell complain...

So your final script should look like: (I changed test syntax so you see there are other ways possible...)
Code:
if [ $# != 1 ]
then
   echo "Usage: saferm  -l  (or a filename)" # >&2
   exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d ~/.saferm ]
then
   mkdir ~/.saferm
fi

if [ "$1" = "-l" ]
then
   ls -l ~/.saferm
else
   if test -f "$1"; then
      mv $1 ~/.saferm
   else
     echo "$1 inexistant file "
   fi
fi

All the best
 

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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD

ndisgen

NDISGEN(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						NDISGEN(8)

NAME

     ndisgen -- generate a FreeBSD driver module from a Windows(R) NDIS driver distribution

SYNOPSIS

     ndisgen [/path/to/INF /path/to/SYS]

DESCRIPTION

     The ndisgen script uses the ndiscvt(8) utility and other tools to generate a FreeBSD loadable driver module and a static ELF object module
     from a Windows(R) NDIS driver, for use with the ndis(4) compatibility module.

     The ndisgen script is interactive and contains its own help section.  Unless the paths to both files are supplied on the command line, the
     script will prompt the user for the .INF and .SYS files needed to generate the FreeBSD driver module.  The script will also prompt for any
     firmware or other external files needed.

SEE ALSO

     ld(1), objcopy(1), ndis(4), kldload(8), ndiscvt(8)

HISTORY

     The ndisgen utility first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS

     The ndisgen utility was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>.

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