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# 1  
Old 10-15-2010
Data Copying files and renaming
The goal is to read names of files defined ouside in upload.conf and rename them using date, time and proper extension. I have made short script
Code:
while read; do
    cp "$RELAY" "$RELAY(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S)_DEPLOYED.ear"
done < upload.conf

but unfortunatelly it fails printiong the message:
Code:
cp: cannot stat `': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `': No such file or directory

Help is welcome.
# 2  
Old 10-15-2010
You forgot your variable and a leading $ to execute the date:
Code:
while read RELAY; do
    cp "$RELAY" "$RELAY$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S)_DEPLOYED.ear"
done < upload.conf

# 3  
Old 10-15-2010
Yes, it is my fault. Anyway it does not work
Code:
cp: cannot stat `first.ear\r': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `second.ear\r': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `third.ear\r': No such file or directory

# 4  
Old 10-15-2010
My guess is that the file "upload.conf" was created on a Microsoft platform and contains records terminated with a Microsoft line terminator not a unix line terminator. Either re-copy the file using ftp in ascii mode or convert the file to unix format. The name of the conversion program depends on what Operating System you are running. It can be quicker to just cut/paste the records into "vi" editor.
# 5  
Old 10-15-2010
Fine it works. How to make deal with ina case file name contains - in between, i.e first-2 ?
# 6  
Old 10-15-2010
There is nothing in the corrected script which would give trouble with filenames containing hyphen characters because you have double quotes round the variables. The only filename which might give trouble is a filename starting with a hyphen character which is why we avoid such filenames.
# 7  
Old 10-22-2010
File upload.conf contains file names with structure a-b.ear. Names cannot be changed. Scripts works fine without "-" and extenstion explicitly mentioned in upload.conf
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