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# 1  
Old 11-02-2007
Ignore diriectories within a script
Hi there,
I have a small issue with a script that I am running. I need it to ignore certain dir when copying over files. Ie the code is pointing towards the dir etest but I need to ignore the dirs INLINE and ENG which is contained within this...could anyone give me a pointer on how to do this? I already ignore one dir but how can this be done with multiples....


cheers

colin

Code:
cd /etest/
for dir in *; do
   if [ "$dir" = "s25e3" ]; then   
      continue
   fi
   cp -p $dir/${dir}.prb $dir/${dir}.prb.backup
   cp /path/to/s253e.prb $dir/${dir}.prb
done

# 2  
Old 11-02-2007
Code:
case "$dir" in
s25e3 | INLINE | ENG )
    ;;
* )
    cp -p $dir/${dir}.prb $dir/${dir}.prb.backup
   cp /path/to/s253e.prb $dir/${dir}.prb
   ;;
esac

# 3  
Old 11-03-2007
Thank for that...I owe u one
# 4  
Old 11-03-2007
Hey there,

I am still having an issue with the script. I get the following error messages:

cp: cannot access /.prb: No such file or directory
cp: cannot create /.prb: Permission denied

Is there something that I have done wrong with the following script?

All the dirs are there...
Code:
 
if [ $ANSWER -eq "1" ]; 
then
   echo
   echo
   echo copying recipe probe files now
   cd /users/clyons/eol/
      case "$dir" in
         Inline_ETEST | SA-M1 | SA-M2  | SA-M3  | ENG | GENERIC-S25EA 
      ;;
* )
          cp -p $dir/${dir}.prb $dir/${dir}.prb.backup
          cp /users/clyons/eol/GENERIC-S25EA/GENERIC-S25EA.prb$dir${dir}.prb
   ;;
esac
echo
echo copy complete
fi

# 5  
Old 11-03-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by lodey
Inline_ETEST | SA-M1 | SA-M2 | SA-M3 | ENG | GENERIC-S25EA )
Trace the script with "#!/bin/sh -x" as the first line it helps. It looks like the variable "dir" is empty.
# 6  
Old 11-03-2007
I traced the scripty and also looked at the dir which i wanted to copy the backups to and they all contain the files that I need to copy. I know that i am going to the eol dir as the pwd command shows me...I am at a loss. I have checked the code to see if i have a full stop out of place but I cant see anything Smilie


Any other hints porter?
# 7  
Old 11-03-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by lodey
Any other hints porter?
What about the missing round bracket I indicated?

After the "cd" line, how about a

echo dir=\"$dir\"

to assist tracing?
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