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# 1  
Old 09-20-2009
Script Stuck In Loop
Hi all! Im trying to get this script to check for folders in a year/month/day folder structure and if the day doesnt exist then it makes the day. It will also make sure all of the days before todays date exist as well. This script assumes that the month and year folder already exist. It works fine until it finds a day that already exists then it gets stuck in a loop.

Code:
cd ~/Desktop
stopday=1
year=`date +%Y`
month=`date +%m`
day=`date +%d`
if [ -d $year ]
    then echo $year
    cd $year
    if [ -d $month ]
        then echo $month
        cd $month
        while [ $day -ge $stopday ]
        do if [ -d $day ]
            then echo $day
            cd $day
            if [ -d products ]
                then echo ""$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory already exists."
                cd ..
                else mkdir products
                echo "Made "$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory!"
                cd ..
            fi
            else mkdir $day
            cd $day
            if [ -d products ]
                then echo ""$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory already exists."
                cd ..
                else mkdir products
                echo "Made "$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory!"
                cd ..
            fi        
        day=`expr $day - 1`
        if [ $day -lt 10 ]
            then day=0$day
        fi
        fi
        echo $day
        done
    fi
fi

# 2  
Old 09-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzly
Hi all! Im trying to get this script to check for folders in a year/month/day folder structure and if the day doesnt exist then it makes the day. It will also make sure all of the days before todays date exist as well. This script assumes that the month and year folder already exist. It works fine until it finds a day that already exists then it gets stuck in a loop.

Code:
cd ~/Desktop
stopday=1
year=`date +%Y`
month=`date +%m`
day=`date +%d`
if [ -d $year ]
    then echo $year
    cd $year
    if [ -d $month ]
        then echo $month
        cd $month
        while [ $day -ge $stopday ]
        do if [ -d $day ]
            then echo $day
            cd $day
            if [ -d products ]
                then echo ""$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory already exists."
                cd ..
                else mkdir products
                echo "Made "$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory!"
                cd ..
            fi
            else mkdir $day
            cd $day
            if [ -d products ]
                then echo ""$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory already exists."
                cd ..
                else mkdir products
                echo "Made "$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory!"
                cd ..
            fi        
        day=`expr $day - 1`
        if [ $day -lt 10 ]
            then day=0$day
        fi
        fi
        echo $day
        done
    fi
fi

From the layout of your code it is totally unclear which "if then else fi"'s belong together. At least it is to me.

Anyway, this is your code (leaving out some parts):

Code:
if [ -d $day ]
then
   echo $day
   cd $day
   .
   .
   .
else
  mkdir $day
  cd $day
   .
   .
   .
   day=`expr $day - 1`
   if [ $day -lt 10 ]
   then
      day=0$day
   fi
fi

Correct code, a bit simplified:

Code:
cd ~/Desktop

stopday=1

year=`date +%Y`
month=`date +%m`
day=`date +%d`

if [ -d $year ]
then
  echo $year
  cd $year

  if [ -d $month ]
  then
    echo $month
    cd $month

    while [ $day -ge $stopday ]
    do
      if [ -d $day ]
      then
        echo $day
      else
        mkdir $day
      fi

      cd $day

      if [ -d products ]
      then
        echo ""$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory already exists."
      else
        mkdir products
        echo "Made "$month"/"$day"/"$year" directory!"
      fi

      cd ..

      day=`expr $day - 1`
      if [ $day -lt 10 ]
      then
        day=0$day
      fi

      echo $day
    done
  fi
fi

# 3  
Old 09-20-2009
Thanks for the help. Yea its a bit obscure of a layout but I can read it. I suppose I should learn something a bit more readable hah.
# 4  
Old 09-20-2009
As a side note, here's a different approach to tackle your problem that involves the use of the "seq" command. My setup is Bash on Linux, check your documentation to see if you have it.

Code:
$ 
$ cat -n testscr1.sh
     1    #!/bin/bash
     2    
     3    yr=$(date +%Y)
     4    mon=$(date +%m)
     5    dt=$(date +%d)
     6    
     7    if [ -d $yr/$mon ]; then
     8      for i in $(seq -w $dt -1 1)
     9      do
    10        if [ -d $yr/$mon/$i/products ]; then
    11          echo $yr/$mon/$i/products was found.
    12        else
    13          mkdir -p $yr/$mon/$i/products
    14          echo $yr/$mon/$i/products was not found. Created it.
    15        fi 
    16      done
    17    fi
    18    
$ 
$ 
$ find ./2009 | sort
./2009
./2009/09
./2009/09/04
./2009/09/04/products
./2009/09/13
./2009/09/15
./2009/09/15/products
./2009/09/19
$ 
$ # now run the script
$ ./testscr1.sh
2009/09/20/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/19/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/18/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/17/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/16/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/15/products was found.
2009/09/14/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/13/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/12/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/11/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/10/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/09/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/08/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/07/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/06/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/05/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/04/products was found.
2009/09/03/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/02/products was not found. Created it.
2009/09/01/products was not found. Created it.
$ 
$ # check the directories
$ find ./2009 | sort | grep products
./2009/09/01/products
./2009/09/02/products
./2009/09/03/products
./2009/09/04/products
./2009/09/05/products
./2009/09/06/products
./2009/09/07/products
./2009/09/08/products
./2009/09/09/products
./2009/09/10/products
./2009/09/11/products
./2009/09/12/products
./2009/09/13/products
./2009/09/14/products
./2009/09/15/products
./2009/09/16/products
./2009/09/17/products
./2009/09/18/products
./2009/09/19/products
./2009/09/20/products
$ 
$

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