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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Use of cp in a script Post 302581965 by ifthanwhile on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 02:13:16 PM
Old 12-14-2011
Use of cp in a script

I am trying to copy files and directories from on flash drive to 5 others, the copy works fine with cp -R but when used in the script it only copies to one of the drives and then finishes the rest of the script without a problem.

Code:
#!/bin/sh
#Script to copy files to flash drives
#
quit=n
while test "$quit" = "n"
 do
  echo "Press enter once all drives are inserted..."
  read junk
  cp -R /Volumes/[MasterDrive]/ /Volumes/NO\ NAME/   #NO NAME is default
  cp -R /Volumes/[MasterDrive]/ /Volumes/NO\ NAME1/
  cp -R /Volumes/[MasterDrive]/ /Volumes/NO\ NAME2/
  cp -R /Volumes/[MasterDrive]/ /Volumes/NO\ NAME3/
  cp -R /Volumes/[MasterDrive]/ /Volumes/NO\ NAME4/
  clear
  echo "Copy Completed"
  diskutil rename /Volumes/NO\ NAME [SameNameAsMaster]
  diskutil rename /Volumes/NO\ NAME\ 1 [SameNameAsMaster]
  diskutil rename /Volumes/NO\ NAME\ 2 [SameNameAsMaster]
  diskutil rename /Volumes/NO\ NAME\ 3 [SameNameAsMaster]
  diskutil rename /Volumes/NO\ NAME\ 4 [SameNameAsMaster]
  echo
  echo
  echo
  echo "Data has been copied and drives have been renamed"
  echo "Press "C" and then enter to continue, or press q to quit"
  read choice
  case $choice in
   q) quit=y;;
   c) clear;;
  esac
 done
exit 1

I know my style is not that great and that I could streamline this in any number of ways Smilie but this is what I know and can write in 15-20 minutes, anything else is probably too complicated for my feeble mind.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...
 

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