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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script problem Post 302575422 by Chrissie on Monday 21st of November 2011 03:37:56 PM
Old 11-21-2011
Hi, I would post the output however I'm running the software on a virtual machine as I brought the code home with me to try and fix and it's not allowing for copying and pasting between the host and the virtual machine.

I've fixed most of the problem however my elif still isn't working any ideas?
Code:
if [ $REPLY = A ]
then

	echo -n "Enter the name of the folder to be backed up: "
	read dir_name

	until [ -d "$dir_name" ]
	do
		echo "Please enter a valid folder name : "
		read dir_name

	done



	echo -n "Enter the Directory name of where you would like it backed up to : "
	read dir_name2

	until [ -d "$dir_name2" ] 
	do 
		echo "Please enter a valid folder name : "
		read dir_name2
	done

	tar -cvf  $dir_name2/ $dir_name 
	echo "Backup Complete"
THE CODE BELOW SEEMS TO BE THE PART OF THE CODE THAT ISN'T WORKING
elif [ $REPLY = B ]
then
	echo   Enter the directory name of where the backup is located :
	read dir_name2

	until [ -d "$dir_name2" ]

	do 
		echo "Please enter a valid backup name : "
		read dir_name2
	done

	ls -al $dir_name2
	echo -n "Enter the File name to be restored : "
	read filename
	until  [ -f "$dir_name2/$filename" ]

	do 
		echo "Please enter a valid filename : "
		read filename
	done
	tar -vxf $dir_name2/$filename 
	echo "File Restored"

Last edited by Chrissie; 11-21-2011 at 05:22 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

echo

echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME

       echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int echo(void);

       int noecho(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  echo()  function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
       curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control  soft-
       ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

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