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Old 08-01-2012
Question get selective input and run cron job.
Hi,
I have one shell script where it will copy all files to a directory which is already present,

For example :
i have directory DIRA and DIRB, and my shell script will expects user input to specify which directory should files must be copied. this shell scrip i am running every day using cron job, how can i specify the user input which shell scripts requires.

Thanks,
AK
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Old 08-01-2012
Pass the directory name as a parameter to the script?

Code:
scriptname DIRA
scriptname DIRB

Refer to the parameter in the script with $1. You cannot ask questions in a cron job because there is no terminal context.
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