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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with passing argument Post 302734669 by dollypee on Thursday 22nd of November 2012 01:49:31 PM
Old 11-22-2012
Help with passing argument

Hi,

I have a script that is scheduled with cron and runs every night. The cron part looks like this:

Code:
00 20 * * 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 /usr/local/bin/BACKUP TBTARM HOT DELETE

My issue is with the 3rd parameter. Somewhere in the script, i want to tell the script to delete some files if the 3rd parameter is DELETE and her is what i put together:

Code:
#----------------------------------------------------
function delete_old_backup
#----------------------------------------------------
{
if [[ $3 == DELETE ]]
then
    echo "WILL NOW LIST ALL BACKUP FILES IN RMAN BEFORE DELETING THEM"
    find ${RMAN_DIR} -name "RMAN_${USID}*"  -exec ls -al {} \; | tee -a $WRKLOG
    find ${RMAN_DIR} -name "RMAN_${USID}*"  -exec rm {} \;
else
   echo "this is nodelete"
fi
}

At first, i put a comment in front of the find ${RMAN_DIR} -name "RMAN_${USID}*" -exec rm {} \; part of the script but the script is not even listing the files at all and i had files in the directory. Can someone please help with what is wrong with this script

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags for code and data

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-22-2012 at 03:48 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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colorgccrc - configuration file for colorgcc DESCRIPTION
A colorgccrc configuration file is used to configure the highlighting of the compiler output from colorgcc. SYNTAX
Each line consists of a keyword designating a configuration variable. The keyword is followed by `:' and then one or several values (depending on the keyword). Lines beginning with a hash mark `#' are comments. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
g++ | gcc | c++ | cc | g77 | gcj | gnat | gpc Specifies the paths to the compilers. Takes one value; a path to the compiler. nocolor Specifies what terminal types colorization should be disabled on. Takes one or several values, separated by whitespace. srcColor Specifies the highlighting attributes source-code should be given. Takes one or several color attributes. See the section COLOR ATTRIBUTES for more information. introColor Specifies the highlighting attributes for normal compiler output. Takes one or several color attributes. See the section COLOR ATTRIBUTES for more information. warningFileNameColor | errorFileNameColor Specifies the highlighting attributes for the filename in a warning or an error, respectively. Takes one or several color attributes. See the section COLOR ATTRIBUTES for more information. warningNumberColor | errorNumberColor Specifies the highlighting attributes for the line-number in a warning or an error, respectively. Takes one or several color attributes. See the section COLOR ATTRIBUTES for more information. warningMessageColor | errorMessageColor Specifies the highlighting attributes for the message-text in a warning or an error, respectively. Takes one or several color attributes. See the section COLOR ATTRIBUTES for more information. COLOR ATTRIBUTES
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