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# 1  
Old 03-01-2012
Script stops working after copying it
Hi all,

When I cp a script, this section of the code stops reading from a file.

Code:
if [ -f ${BASEDIR}test.conf ]; then
   while read dirtoclean
   do
      DIRSTOCLEAN=${DIRSTOCLEAN}' '$dirtoclean
   done < ${BASEDIR}test.conf
fi

${DIRSTOCLEAN} doesn't return anything, even though it will work right before copying the script.

Even if I change the configuration file and create a new .conf, it still won't read from that file.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick
# 2  
Old 03-01-2012
Did you copy the script to a new file in the same subdirectory or to a different subdirectory?
# 3  
Old 03-01-2012
Is BASEDIR a relative or an absolute path?
By the way, the same can be accomplished by this command:
Code:
if [ -f "${BASEDIR}test.conf" ]; then
  DIRSTOCLEAN=$(cat "${BASEDIR}test.conf")
fi

# 4  
Old 03-01-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Did you copy the script to a new file in the same subdirectory or to a different subdirectory?
I copied the file to the same directory as the original script.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Is BASEDIR a relative or an absolute path?
By the way, the same can be accomplished by this command:
Code:
if [ -f "${BASEDIR}test.conf" ]; then
  DIRSTOCLEAN=$(cat "${BASEDIR}test.conf")
fi

Thanks. BASEDIR is a relative path that is set by this

Code:
BASEDIR=`echo $0 | sed -e 's/clean_reports.sh//'`

# 5  
Old 03-01-2012
So the name of the second script is clean_reports.sh, or is that the name of the first script?
# 6  
Old 03-01-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
So the name of the second script is clean_reports.sh, or is that the name of the first script?
Smilie

It's the name of the original script. Forgot to change it after copying. That was the issue, it's working now. Thanks for the help.
# 7  
Old 03-01-2012
OK, good. A universal command would be:
Code:
BASEDIR=${0%/*}/

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