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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to tar/rsync/rm multiple folder names Post 302971510 by robertkwild on Thursday 21st of April 2016 09:27:05 AM
Old 04-21-2016
sorry for the late reply, just been busy work and all

i have added to my script if the tar file already exists in the "archived_projects" folder do not over write and also the size and file count

Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd /to_be_archived/
for DIR in * ;

    do
    MailAddress="robertw@molinare.co.uk"

tar -cf "$DIR".tar "$DIR"

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
    mail -s "tar failed $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "creating of tar $DIR failed due to error, removing $DIR.tar"
    rm -f "$DIR".tar
    continue
    fi

    if [ -f /archived_projects/"$DIR".tar ]; then
      mail -s "duplicate exists $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "$DIR.tar already exists"
    rm -f "$DIR".tar
    continue
    fi

rsync -a "$DIR".tar /archived_projects/

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
    mail -s "rsync failed $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "rsync of $DIR failed due to error, removing $DIR.tar"
    rm -f "$DIR".tar
    continue
    fi

rm -f "$DIR".tar

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
    mail -s "remove tar failed $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "removing of tar $DIR failed due to error"
    continue
    fi

du -h "$DIR" >> /archive_details
ls -1 /to_be_archived/"$DIR" | wc -l >> /archive_details

rm -rf "$DIR"

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
    mail -s "remove folder failed $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "removing of $DIR failed due to error"
    continue
        else
        mail -s "success $DIR" $MailAddress <<< "successfully completed archiving $DIR"
    fi

    done

---------- Post updated at 08:27 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:10 AM ----------

i think thats a good idea condensing the remove commands to one, i will do that in my next revision, but what bakunin said about you dont need to add the return code to the if statement, i dont seem to get it as for every command you type if it returns 0 (success) or 1-255 (failed) it will either do then or the else statement

but you havnt put in any return code so how does it know whether the command before has succeeded or failed?
Last edited by robertkwild; 04-21-2016 at 11:52 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

bf_tar

BF_TAR(1)																 BF_TAR(1)

NAME

       bf_tar - shell script to write a tar file of a bogofilter directory to stdout

SYNOPSIS

       bf_tar [-r] [-R] bogofilter_directory

DESCRIPTION

       bf_tar bundles a bogofilter working directory in tar format and copies it to standard output (your console, or where you redirect it, see
       EXAMPLES below).

OPTIONS

       The -r option causes bf_tar to remove inactive log files after the archive has been written successfully. The default is to leave log
       files.

       The -R option causes bf_tar to remove inactive log files before the archive is written. This may reduce chances that the resulting archive
       is recoverable should it become damaged. The archive may be smaller though. The default is to leave log files.

EXIT STATUS

       The script exits with status code 0 if everything went well, and nonzero if it encountered trouble.

EXAMPLES

       o  bf_tar ~/.bogofilter > outfile.tar

	  Writes a standard .tar file containing the essential files from ~/.bogofilter to outfile.tar.

       o  bf_tar ~/.bogofilter | gzip -9 -c > outfile.tar.gz

	  Writes a gzipped .tar.gz file containing the essential files from ~/.bogofilter to outfile.tar.gz.

       o  bf_tar `pwd`/mydirectory > outfile.tar

	  Prepend $(pwd)/ or `pwd`/ if you want to specify an absolute path instead of a relative path.

NOTES

       This script is meant for use with Berkeley DB based bogofilter versions.

       This script requires a SUSv2 compliant pax utility.

       This script expects a SUSv2 compliant shell. Solaris systems should have the SUNWxcu4 package installed (when bogofilter is configured) so
       that /usr/xpg4/bin/sh can be used.

								    07/23/2007								 BF_TAR(1)
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