Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Vgersh.. ,

Thanks a Lot, I got it from hint, but please I request if you could also guide me what changes would be there in my main script file also after adding source file pattern in properties file....as I am stuck up in this..!!thanks in advance...!!

Once again, please provide the explanation as one of the replies to the thread - we will not proceed any further if there's none.
The other change should be obvious enough for you now if you know how 'find' works.

Thanks

Hi ,

Yeah in the main script I have already configured the find command as per mtime option...

Code:

#!/bin/sh   
. /home/p2000/sxs137/scripts/archievefilemovement.config  
awk -F = '/Days=/{days=$2}/SrcDirectory=/{src=$2}/DestDirectory=/{dest=$2}END{print days, src, dest}' \ 
archievefilemovement.config |while read DAYS INDIR OUTDIR  do    
  find $INDIR -type f -mtime -$DAYS -exec mv {} $OUTDIR \;

Now what one thing more I am trying is to add that source file pattern within this script which I have added in the properties file, I request you to please guide me on this..!

You still have not explained WHY you need this parameter single-quoted in the config file and how it relates to the main script.
I'll give you one more try before closing this thread!

Hi ,

It will pick up all the text files begging with any name but it should have .txt as extension and the main script will read the properties file ..!!

OK, but then why your initial attempt without single quotes didn't work?
One more try and I'll close the thread as it doesn't contribute much to the knowledge base of these forums!

Hi,

Well without entering the source file pattern option earlier my script was working fine, but later I planned that instead of picking up all the files from the source folder I should pick up certain pattern files, so I added the source file pattern option in the properties file where i want let say that all the text files in the folder should be moved now the moment I have added this extra option I have to also modify my main script file also to accommodate this change ..now what changes need to be done in the main script file that I AM STUCK UP...so finally please guide me on my main script file..!!