Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all,

Here is a portion of my script test.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

tar -cf $name.tar $name && pbzip2 $name.tar
2-Sending .tar.bz2 to destination node

Please, i have a question. The execution of the second instruction is done, but i do not see the result of pbzip2

I have to send this file pbzip2 to a destination node, but it is sended corrupt


Any explanation please ? Any idea of a solution? how can i block the execution until i have the file ?



Thanks a lot.

Is the file OK on the initial node? Possibly it is an error in the transmission?

It appears that $name in your script expands to an empty string. And, there is nothing you have shown us in this script that sets the variable name before you use it three times in your script.

Is the zip file different on the destination node when compared to the same file on the source node (assuming that you actually created a file named .tar.bz2 on the source node)?

Did you get a diagnostic from the tar command that you didn't shown us? Perhaps something like:

Code:

tar: no files or directories specified