BASH - read use a path as input

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BASH - read use a path as input

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."

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HCOPY(1) General Commands Manual HCOPY(1) NAME
hcopy - copy files from or to an HFS volume SYNOPSIS
hcopy [-m|-b|-t|-r|-a] source-path [...] target-path DESCRIPTION
hcopy transfers files from an HFS volume to UNIX or vice versa. The named source files are copied to the named destination target, which must be a directory if multiple files are to be copied. Copies are performed using a translation mode, which must be one of: -m MacBinary II: A popular format for binary file transfer. Both forks of the Macintosh file are preserved. This is the recommended mode for transferring arbitrary Macintosh files. -b BinHex: An alternative format for ASCII file transfer. Both forks of the Macintosh file are preserved. -t Text: Performs end-of-line translation. Only the data fork of the Macintosh file is copied. -r Raw Data: Performs no translation. Only the data fork of the Macintosh file is copied. -a Automatic: A mode will be chosen automatically for each file based on a set of predefined heuristics. If no mode is specified, -a is assumed. If a UNIX source pathname is specified as a single dash (-), hcopy will copy from standard input to the HFS destination. Likewise, a single dash used as a UNIX destination pathname will cause hcopy to copy the HFS source to standard output. NOTES
Copied files may have their filenames altered during translation. For example, an appropriate file extension may be added or removed, and certain other characters may also be transliterated. The destination target must not be ambiguous; that is, it must be obvious whether the target is on the UNIX filesystem or on an HFS volume. As a rule, HFS targets must contain at least one colon (:), usually as the beginning of a relative pathname or by itself to represent the current working directory. To make a UNIX target unambiguous, either use an absolute pathname or precede a relative pathname with a dot and slash (./). SEE ALSO
hfsutils(1), hls(1), hattrib(1) AUTHOR
Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org> HFSUTILS
13-Jan-1997 HCOPY(1)

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