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# 15  
Old 06-04-2007
The code seems to be correct, i doesn't see why it is not working fine.
You can try to replace the for command by a while loop, but there is no reason that the result be better :
Code:
set -x
find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old' | \
while read mNewDir
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.
# 16  
Old 06-04-2007
Code:
set -x
find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old' | \
while read mNewDir
do
  mNewBase=`basename ${mNewDir} .old`
  mNewPriv=${mNewBase}"/private/"
  mOldPriv="/user/dotolds/"${mNewBase}".old/private/"
  echo "Now copying from "${mOldPriv}" to "${mNewPriv}
  #####cp ${mOldPriv} ${mNewPriv}
done

In blue?
# 17  
Old 06-05-2007
Ok guys, I have made all the changes suggested and run the script..

I saw the expected output however there was loads of not founds ?

Unfortunately due to time constraint and other work, I have decided to tar up the dotold dir and archive it to a backup, if the user miss any data I'll just have to restore.

Don't worry though, I still have loads of scripting projects in the pipeline.

Thanks for all your help, just this simple exercise has taught me loads. I am keeping the script and might try to finish it off when work calms down.

Thanks again

Sax
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