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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers compariosn troubles... Post 43184 by google on Wednesday 12th of November 2003 05:34:54 PM
Old 11-12-2003
First, the example I gave for the magic number, make sure you use the path that is applicable to your system. The path I gave is how the admin set up the system I am using.

Second, regarding your script, I think your problem is that you are not matching your if and fi correctly. Try and keep it really simple to start. You can do this by converting all of your elif to if statements. That way you can better see what it is your script is doing. Once you get it working, you can edit it to combine your if statements. For now keep it simple.

Third, I would suggest using a case statement after your read command. You can accomplish a lot more, and your code will be easier to read if you do.

Lastly, I dont understand what it is you are trying to do with commands such as this cd ${fail_path} | ls -lsF when you dont do anything with the output.
 

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svn-do

SVN-DO(1)							 Command reference							 SVN-DO(1)

NAME

       svn-do - export a source and run a command inside the source.

SYNOPSIS

       svn-do COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

       svn-do will use svn-buildpackage to export a source, run a command inside the exported source and, if the command succeeds, copy back the
       debian/ tree

EXAMPLES

       clean the tree (useful if this requires the full source tree)

	   $ svn-do debclean
	   I: Exporting source tree via svn-buildpackage...
	   [...]
	   I: Running command: debclean
	   [...]
	   I: Copying back the debian/ tree...
	   'debian/control' -> 'path/package/debian/control'

       use quilt to refresh a patch

	   $ QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches svn-do 
	    sh -c "quilt push 002_static-linking-dont-build-perf.patch; 
	    quilt refresh"
	   [...]
	   I: Copying back the debian/ tree...
	   [...]
	   'debian/patches/002_static-linking-dont-build-perf.patch' ->
	   '/path/package/debian/patches/002_static-linking-dont-build-perf.patch'

       Start a source editing session and decide later not to copy back the debian/ tree

	   $ svn-do $SHELL
	   [...]
	   I: Running command: /bin/zsh
	   % exit 1
	   E: command exited with 1; not copying back the debian/ tree.

       edit a patch in a CDBS' simple-patchsys based package

	   $ svn-do cdbs-edit-patch 02_pmount.patch
	   [...]

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/svn-buildpackage/()
	   The svn-buildpackage HOWTO manual

       svn-inject(1)
	   puts a Debian source package into Subversion repository

       svn-upgrade(1)
	   upgrade source package from a new upstream revision

       svn(1)
	   Subversion command line client tool

       dpkg-buildpackage(1)
	   Debian source package tools

       lintian(1)
	   Debian package checker

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	   This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch in roff.

       Goneri Le Bouder
	   Converted manpages to SGML.

       Neil Williams
	   Converted manpages to DocBook XML and current Debian maintainer

COPYRIGHT

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