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# 8  
Old 08-27-2009
Try some thing like this :

Code:
cp -r "$SOFTWARE/src/$progname/$version"  "$SOFTWARE/devl/$progname"

# 9  
Old 08-27-2009
tried this too but still nothing, its strange, I have even echoed each variable to a file just to check for spaces but nothing!! One thing I have noticed though it if I manually created a folder in the target directory when I run this script it deletes this folder almost suggesting the $version variable is in fact empty but when I echo this it shows the correct value!?!?!!?
# 10  
Old 08-27-2009
I suspect with the $version value your getting , try to print it's length and see..
# 11  
Old 08-27-2009
sorry not sure how to do this?
# 12  
Old 08-27-2009
do something like this :

Code:
echo "$version" | awk '{ print length }'

See if it is having any trailing spaces ( i mean check the length )
# 13  
Old 08-27-2009
cheers, okay I have tried this and it has length 4 of which is correct! I am really baffled now, any more ideas??
Last edited by cyberfrog; 08-27-2009 at 10:49 AM..
# 14  
Old 08-27-2009
The same code working fine for me for an example which i tried ...have to investigate but don't have access to your system to see what is really happening .. :|
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