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# 8  
Old 11-03-2007
I had put in the round bracket and made the change to the script as you suggested. The info that i get from the echo command is dir = "//" so it looks like the variable dir is empty. I tried this with the original script and the dir are changed. Is it something with the code that I am not doing right?
# 9  
Old 11-03-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by lodey
Is it something with the code that I am not doing right?
Not in the code you posted. Keep moving the echo statement upwards in the script till you find the problem.
# 10  
Old 11-07-2007
hey there,

I kept looking at the script and I have found the problem with it:

I never put in the looping construct to scan through all the sub-directories in the main directory...doh!!

Porter thanks for all your guidence...i appreciate it

Code:
#!/bin/sh -x
 
  clear
  echo
  echo
  echo copying recipe probe files now
  cd /users/clyons/eol
  echo ="/$dir/"
    for dir in *;do
              case "$dir" in
                 Inline_ETEST | SA-M1 | SA-M2  | SA-M3  | ENG | GENERIC-S25EA )
               ;;
               * )
                    cd /users/clyons/eol
                    #       pwd
                    echo ="/$dir/"
                    cp -p $dir/${dir}.prb $dir/${dir}.prb.backup
                    cp -p /users/clyons/eol/GENERIC-S25EA/GENERIC-S25EA.prb $dir/${dir}.prb
               ;;
               esac
    done
  echo
  echo copy complete
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