Shell Programming and Scripting

The latest script posted is contains typing errors (not just the spelling of Archive). There is an extra space character in the destination of the mv command /app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs /LogsBackup which could be a disaster.
There are two extra spaces in:
rm –f /app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs / BLUESTAR_Archieve.log _$(date +%y_%m_%d_%H_%M)
which will give rm three separate arguments.


Anyway the process seems to contain the same design problem:

Code:

/app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs/LogsBackup
is a subdirectory of:
/app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs
so your tar will pick up the lot.

Now if your directory structure was like this, you would not have the problem:

Code:

/app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs
/app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/LogsBackup

I wonder ...?
Do understand this command? Ignoring the typing errors (extra space after .log) and the spelling of Archive.
It would take the entire contents of the directory tree /app/local/XXX/XXX/XXX/logs and archive it into an archive file called BLUESTAR_Archieve.log _$(date +%y_%m_%d_%H_%M).tar .
The command as stated does not create a tar archive of the single file called BLUESTAR_Archieve.log _$(date +%y_%m_%d_%H_%M) .


Also, evaluation the current time in every command is not a good idea. One day your script will overlap a change of minute.

I think that we need to know what the script is meant to do. If there is only one log, the tar is pointless.

Thanks Corona688 !!!

Even I also think so !

---------- Post updated at 12:39 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:37 PM ----------

Hey Methyl thanks a lot !!