Hi,

Thank you for the reply. This is the situation. Its all variable driven, but after I extract, I dont know what my folder will be called. I cant CD into it if I dont know what its called.

Code:

$DL_DIR = /opt/
$URL = http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.3.3.tar.gz
$FILE=${URL##*/}
$CONFIG = "-- core"

cd "$DL_DIR"
wget $URL
tar xzf $FILE
cd <HOW DO I GO INTO IT?>
./configure "$CONFIG"
make
make install
rm $FILE

If this doesnt explain it please say. I really want to get past this problem but Im having a hard time explaining it.

Since I want this to function for any set of URL's which may have two formats like ".tar.gz" or one format ".zip" and may have .'s in the filename like "Python2.3.4" or may not "Nginx", it makes it a bit tricky.