I am trying to script simply data transfer. I would like to have the user input the source "SRC" (/Volumes/DriveName/Users/johnq123) and then name the directory that the copied information will go to, "DST" . put I can't get it to work -
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#=============================================
# data recovery attempt for HFS/HFS+ Drives
#=============================================
echo -n " "$USER", input path to source Volume User Folder, ex. /Volume/drivename/Users/"
read SRC
echo -n " "$USER", input last name and case number."
read DST
echo "Creating Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
mkdir /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "Ditto-ing Data to Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
ditto $SRC/Desktop/*.* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Documents/*.* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Pictures/*.* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "Done."
I am trying to script simply data transfer. I would like to have the user input the source "SRC" (/Volumes/DriveName/Users/johnq123) and then name the directory that the copied information will go to, "DST" . put I can't get it to work -
"*.*" is a DOS thing, and makes little to no sense in UNIX. Try just "*". It'd also help if you told us what happened, we can't tell from here.
You might also want to try just copying the directory instead of directory/*, since the way you're doing it might mash all the files together in one giant undifferentiated directory and runs the risk of having too many arguments.
ok, so I changed the script a bit, and have included the output.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#=============================================
# data recovery attempt for HFS/HFS+ Drives
#=============================================
echo " "$USER", input path to source Volume User Folder, ex. /Volume/drivename/Users/"
read SRC
echo " "$USER", input last name and case number."
read DST
echo "Creating Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
mkdir /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "Ditto-ing Data to Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
ditto $SRC/Desktop/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Documents/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Pictures/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "That's all she wrote..."
Code:
testuser, input path to source Volume User Folder, ex. /Volumes/drivename/Users/
/Volumes/MacHDD/Users/test1
testuser, input last name and case number.
testcase123
Creating Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS.
Ditto-ing Data to Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS.
That's all she wrote...
ditto: can't get real path for source
ditto: can't get real path for source
ditto: can't get real path for source
i think the issue is in
Code:
read SRC
and the input, SRC, to that being a path. i need some way to use the inputted path as the source for ditto
Besides also according to the ditto man page you even don't need to manually create the $DST directory, since it will be created automatically if it does not exist.
I also recommend to code some basic error-checking, e.g. check if the $SRC file (directory) exists.
Thank you for the help. so with all the suggestions the script works and reads as follows:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#=============================================
# data recovery attempt for HFS/HFS+ Drives
#=============================================
echo " "$USER", input path to source Volume User Folder, ex. /Volume/drivename/Users/"
read SRC
echo " "$USER", input last name and case number."
read DST
echo "Creating Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
mkdir /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "Ditto-ing Data to Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
ls -ld "$SRC"
ditto "$SRC" "/Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST"
echo "That's all she wrote..."
any time I attempt to backup directories within $SRC ex.
ditto: can't get real path for source
ditto: can't get real path for source
ditto: can't get real path for source
The reason for backing up these specific folders is that my institution is only allowed to backup Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders (i.e. no music or movies)
so the question is now, how can I back up the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures, folder without specifing three SRC's ($SRC1, $SRC2, $SRC3)?
I tried running the code in my machine, it just works fine. Below is the code that i tried
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#=============================================
# data recovery attempt for HFS/HFS+ Drives
#=============================================
echo " "$USER", input path to source Volume User Folder, ex. /Volume/drivename/Users/"
read SRC
echo " "$USER", input last name and case number."
read DST
echo "Creating Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
mkdir -p /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "Ditto-ing Data to Destination Directory on Volume BACKUPS."
ditto $SRC/Desktop/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Documents/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
ditto $SRC/Pictures/* /Volumes/BACKUPS/$DST
echo "That's all she wrote..."
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