apmcd47, I agree with most of your proposals, but the question of YouNicks was: ... to rm the contents of a directory without deleting the directory. So $DIR/* is not superfluous. So this line should be:
But this line is really superfluous:
And of course: problems with permissions cannot be solved with scripts.
i downloaded a text file from metalab.unc.edu called sh.txt and in this reference manual it refers to shell scripting exit status .. at the end of one of the examples that author gave an exit status of 127..
to what does a 127 exit status refer too and what is its purpose in the code.
moxxx68 (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have an application with a bug in it that keeps sockets in CLOSE_WAIT, which eventually freezes the server because the user account it runs under runs out of file handles. We have the bug fixed but can only release the fix with the next release.
Does anyone know how I can clear the... (3 Replies)
I have the question:
How return the exit code from then assign :
VAR=$(command ) for ex. VAR=$(ls ....)
VAREXIT=$?
echo $VAREXIT
VAREXIT is equal to 0 if the directory exist or not exist. WHI??
if i execute the command direct from line-command , the value of $? is different if... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I'm running a program which return 1 upon success.
But when encounters problem shell return 's '1' .
How to differentiate between them the shell return value and script return value.
Ex. function fn return '1' if executed successfully and '0' if failed. But when if shell encounters... (1 Reply)
I have had a look around and can not find the answer, I dont think im searching for the right phrase.
I have written a script to control common functions on my server, however when exiting the script the terminal starts directly below the script that was running... how can i clear this so it... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am using /bin/sh. I want to display the stdout and stderr on the terminal as well as save it in a file, so I'm using this command.
gmake all 2>&1 | tee log
But even if gmake fails, it's always giving 0 as exit status, i suppose because of tee.
# false 2>&1 | tee Log
# echo $?
0... (2 Replies)
I have a shell script (#!/bin/sh) that interacts with Appworx and Banner Admin. In my script I want to check the exit status of awrun before continuing. awrun can run for 10 seconds or it can run for over a minute. So my question is, will it go through my if statement before awrun may even be... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a script which will use an input.txt file as an input file.
I am providing data to this input file in the script and once the script is executed, I want to clear all the contents of this file as during the second time use of this script, I'll be appending the data in this input... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to create a zip file with all the txt files(these are in large number) in the current directory. I am able to do this operation sucessfully.
After this i want to get the status of the tar command executed and do accordingly. When i am trying with the below code, the status... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
Good Day, seeking for your assistance on how to not perform my 2nd, 3rd,4th etc.. function if my 1st function is in else condition.
#Body
function1()
{
if
then
echo "exist"
else
echo "not exist"
}
#if not exist in function1 my all other function will not proceed.... (4 Replies)