Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Post 302573829 by stunnerz_84 on Tuesday 15th of November 2011 07:18:30 PM
Old 11-15-2011
cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

Hi,
I am trying to write an Archive script that should look for files older than x days, zip them and move the zip to the archive directory and delete the files that have been zipped. I am not sure how i can handle this error:
"cowardly refusing to create an empty archieve".
Just wanted to know if there is any workaround for this. I did look into one of the threads but didn't find the answer so posted it here!!
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

Here is the code that i have written:
--------------------------------------------------
Code:
#!/bin/sh

FILES=/abc/def
ARCH=/fff/ddd

cd $FILES
`find . -name "*.txt" -type f -mtime +10 | xargs tar -czvf filetar.tar.gz
`mv filetar.tar.gz $ARCH`
status_check=`echo $?`
if [ $status_check -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error"
else
echo "Success"
`find . -name "*.txt" -type f -mtime +10 | xargs rm -rf {} \;
fi

---------------------------------------------------------------

THANKS!!!!

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment How to use code tags

Last edited by Franklin52; 11-16-2011 at 03:44 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Create Year directory, date subdirectory and archive the file

Hi, After checking all the UNIX threads, I am able to come up with a solution so far. I am working on a shell script where it moves the files to a certain directory. The conditions to check are 1) Check if the file exists in the current directory. 2) Check if the destination directory... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: madhunk
2 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

create a archive of old file

i need a script which will create a archive of the files older than 10 days........ (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jayaramanit
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

simultaneously create three empty files?

I can't get touch to simultaneously create three empty files file1, file2, file3. I tried:$ touch filebut all I got was one file:$ fileWhat did I do wrong? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: na5m
4 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

create tar archive without preserving directory structure?

I am adding some individual files to a tar archive and would like them to be added to the archive without any directory hierarchy, even though the files themselves exist in levels of hierarchy. Unfortunately, tar seems to always preserve the directory hierarchy when it adds the files. Here is... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Special_K
2 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

script assistance needed - create an archive of INI files

First and foremost - me != unix bubba. Here is the situation. We have a box with data AND settings in the same directory path. (Data files aren't in the SAME directories as settings.) I need a script that generates a tarred-up archive of only the INI files with the directory structure. We... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hindesite
2 Replies

6. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

how to create empty wav file

Dear All, Kindly explain me a command in unix to create a empty wav file with example. Thanks in Advance! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: thillai_selvan
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Create archive and nil the content of log file using script

Plese help I need a urgent requirement. Ex: test.log requirement : using shell script I need to archive the log file and nil and the content of (test.log) file to 0 kb and then in the archive folder log files are name to test.tar test1.tar test2.tar EX: /home/abc/ test.log ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: johney1981
1 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Create empty files from a list on file

Hello Guys. Please I would like to create empty files from a list In file1 will be the followin values, so i will like to create for each name a empty file. file1 2191off-r0.sps 2192off-r0.sps 2193off-r0.sps 2194off-r0.sps 2195off-r0.sps So I need to get 5 empty files. Thanks for... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jiam912
7 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Append timestamp create .trg file for all content of an unzipped archive

Hi, I have a test.zip archive that contains test.zip --> (file_1.txt, file_2.txt , file_3.txt) I need to unzip the file like this, file_1_timestamp.txt file_1_timestamp.trg file_2_timestamp.txt file_2_timestamp.trg file_3_timestamp.txt file_3_timestamp.trg Could you please let me know... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shandel
7 Replies

10. Debian

Need a Debian 8 jessie archive, or a solution to create from cdrom.

I need a debian 8 jessie mipsel for create packages for my vuduo(the system is identical to a Debian 8 mipsel environment). I have some problems. I usually use Slackware14.2+crosscompile. For some packages (tcpdump,rsync) works without problem, for other(extundelete for example) not So I decide... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Linusolaradm1
1 Replies
ZIP_ADD(3)						     Library Functions Manual							ZIP_ADD(3)

NAME
zip_add , - .Nm zip_replace add file to zip archive or replace file in zip archive LIBRARY
libzip (-lzip) SYNOPSIS
#include <zip.h> zip_int64_t zip_add(struct zip *archive, const char *name); "struct zip_source *source" int zip_replace(struct zip *archive, zip_uint64_t index); "struct zip_source *source" DESCRIPTION
The function zip_add adds a file to a zip archive, while zip_replace replaces an existing file in a zip archive. The argument archive specifies the zip archive to which the file should be added. name is the file's name in the zip archive (for zip_add ), while index speci- fies which file should be replaced (for zip_replace ). The data is obtained from the source argument. See the zip_source_* functions cited in SEE ALSO. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, zip_add returns the index of the new file in the archive, and zip_replace returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the error code in archive is set to indicate the error. EXAMPLES
struct zip_source *s; if ((s=zip_source_buffer(archive, buffer, len)) == NULL || zip_add(archive, name, s) 0) { zip_source_free(s); printf("error adding file: %s0, zip_strerror(archive)); } ERRORS
zip_add and zip_replace fail if: [ZIP_ER_EXISTS] There is already a file called name in the archive. (Only applies to zip_add ). [ZIP_ER_INVAL] source or name are NULL, or index is invalid. [ZIP_ER_MEMORY] Required memory could not be allocated. SEE ALSO
libzip(3), zip_source_file(3), zip_source_filep(3), zip_source_function(3), zip_source_zip(3) AUTHORS
Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at> NiH March 10, 2009 ZIP_ADD(3)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:17 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy