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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Issue with Lists Post 302897037 by jakelawson44 on Thursday 10th of April 2014 03:05:46 PM
Old 04-10-2014
Issue with Lists

Hey guys, so I wrote this simple script. The first time I typed it all out, I had the issue where whatever choice I entered, it would simply tell me it was a "bad selection" aka the else output.

I redid everything, and now no matter the choice, it does the backup option..

My brain hurts, and I'm sure it's something simple. If anyone can offer some insight it would be wonderful. Thanks!



Code:
DATETIME=”$(date +%d.%m.%Y_%H:%M:%S)”
BKFILE=~/Desktop/bash/backup/backup$DATETIME.tar.gz
BKFOLDER=~/Desktop/bash/code/
BKRESULT=~/Desktop/bash/backup/backup$DATETIME.txt
LIST=”Backup Quit”
select OPT in $LIST; do
if [ $OPT = "Backup" ]; then
tar -zcvf $BKFILE $BKFOLDER > $BKRESULT
clear
echo backup saved to:
echo $BKFILE
echo and the results writed to:
echo $BKRESULT
exit
elif [ $OPT = "Quit" ]; then
clear
echo Backup aborded by user
exit
else
clear
echo bad selection
exit
fi
done

 

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