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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Copy command does not work Post 302935811 by smurphy_it on Thursday 19th of February 2015 09:16:49 AM
Old 02-19-2015
steps you provided aren't quite matching up
Good day. You originally posted:
Code:
1. Generate Term file
2. Remove previous term and rpt files from utility directory.
3. copy term file to utility directory
4. call sql to generate rpt file using term file as input
5. copy the generated rpt file from run directory to utility directory.

However, you commands contradict your steps. For example, step #5 says to copy the generated SQL file from run directory to the utility directory. Yet, the copy command [CODE][cp utl/nj.RPT RUN_DIR/CODE] is contradicting that.

Additionally, you are dealing with relative paths instead of absolute paths (as previously point ed out) and there doesn't seem to be any error checking in case one of your steps fail (such as a rm or cp command).

You are also using references to /util in some lines and util/ in others... one being an absolute path, whilst the other is a relative path. Not to mention, are there two seperate files nj.rpt and nj.RPT ?

I would suggest you use absolute paths for starters. Additionally, the ; may be required after the ]] in your if then statement. Additionally, the RUN_DIR... is this a directory, or supposed to be a variable ?

If you fix up your variables and use absolute paths, that should rememdy your situation.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-19-2015 at 11:56 AM.. Reason: Changed code tags to code tags
 

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script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
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OPTIONS

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NOTES

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ATTRIBUTES

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