I need to Write a shell script that allows some system-administration tasks to be preformed automatically from a menu-driven interface. with automated following tasks:
Copy directory tree
Delete files or directories
Output Information (this part is done )
*Copy directory tree
The “Copy directory tree” selection should prompt for two arguments: src & dest.
The script then copies all the files from src, including all the subdirectories, to dest,
creating all the necessary sub-directories.
The script must perform necessary argument validation, assuming that the first argument may be either a directory name or the name of a regular file, while the second may be only a directory name.
my problem with this assignment is I can not read user input inside the "case" options.
I think I need to ask user to enter src and dest for copying the files.
this is my code so far
Langara College , Vancouver , Canada , Hengameh Hamavand , CPSC 1280
The “Delete files or directories” selection should prompt for a list of files or directories to be deleted. The script asks user for confirmation before deleting a file or a whole directory. The script must perform reasonable argument validation.
I tried to read the list of files and directories in a string but it is pretty hard to split the string based on space and put them in an array and then check them one by one and delete them. Also I was thinking to run a while loop to ask user to enter the name of file and then delete it and again repeat the job but it is not a nice way.
would you give me some clue?
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