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# 8  
Old 05-31-2007
Sax,
You should see the output of:
Code:
echo "Now copying from "${mOldPriv}" to "${mNewPriv}

# 9  
Old 05-31-2007
Verify that your find command returns somme output.

Jean-Pierre.
# 10  
Old 06-01-2007
The find command works, but how would I stop it going too deep ? some of the directorys have other files and directorys in them that match accu*.
# 11  
Old 06-01-2007
Sax,
You can change the "for" statement as follows:
Code:
for mNewDir in accu*

# 12  
Old 06-04-2007
I have made that change.

what is the best way to test this script, I have run it with the copy command commented out, but I haven't seen any output to the screen ??
# 13  
Old 06-04-2007
Ebable the trace :
  1. Execute the find command to verify that it returns a list a files
    Code:
    find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old'

  2. Enable the trace
    Code:
    set -x
for mNewDir in `find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old'`
do
  mNewBase=`basename ${mNewDir}`
  mNewPriv=${mNewDir}"/private/"
  mOldPriv="/user/dotolds/"${mNewBase}".old/private/"
  echo "Now copying from "${mOldPriv}" to "${mNewPriv}
  #####cp ${mOldPriv} ${mNewPriv}
done


Jean-Pierre.
# 14  
Old 06-04-2007
Ebable the trace :
  1. Execute the find command to verify that it returns a list a files
    Code:
    find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old'

    the find command works...
  2. Enable the trace
    Code:
    set -x
for mNewDir in `find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old'`
do
  mNewBase=`basename ${mNewDir}`
  mNewPriv=${mNewDir}"/private/"
  mOldPriv="/user/dotolds/"${mNewBase}".old/private/"
  echo "Now copying from "${mOldPriv}" to "${mNewPriv}
  #####cp ${mOldPriv} ${mNewPriv}
done


I added set -x to the script and when I ran it, it printed the find command but nothing after that.

Cheers for the tip on the set command, thats a keeper Smilie
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