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Old 03-26-2008
Question Confirming Syntax - IF statement.
Hi All,

Has been a while since I was last on, so I hope everyone has been doing fine. Smilie

Would like to know if the below IF statement syntax is correct for a ksh environment. It's been pushed into live as someone had deleted the development copy(!); not withstanding that, the statement now won't be called/executed until May 5th. So if there is any obvious issues seen, I'll have time to fix.

Any/all feedback appreciated.

Cheers,
Cameron
Code:
if [ \( "${MKT}"="PU" -o "${MKT}"="PH" \) -a "${FILETYPE}"="PAY" ] ; then
  cp ${FTP_DIR}/${MKT}-${DOR}.BANKHOLIDAY \
     ${FTP_ARC}/${MKT}-${DOR}-${FILETYPE}.BANKHOLIDAY
else
  mv ${FTP_DIR}/${MKT}-${DOR}.BANKHOLIDAY \
     ${FTP_ARC}/${MKT}-${DOR}-${FILETYPE}.BANKHOLIDAY
fi

# 2  
Old 03-26-2008
This way is clearer for me:
Code:
if [ "${MKT}"="PU" -o "${MKT}"="PH" ] && [ "${FILETYPE}"="PAY" ]
then
     cp ${FTP_DIR}/${MKT}-${DOR}.BANKHOLIDAY \
     ${FTP_ARC}/${MKT}-${DOR}-${FILETYPE}.BANKHOLIDAY
else
  mv ${FTP_DIR}/${MKT}-${DOR}.BANKHOLIDAY \
     ${FTP_ARC}/${MKT}-${DOR}-${FILETYPE}.BANKHOLIDAY
fi

# 3  
Old 03-26-2008
Thanks for the reply Klashxx.

I assume that if I reverse the logic, the result will still remain the same ??
Code:
if [ "${FILETYPE}"="PAY" ] && [ "${MKT}"="PU" -o "${MKT}"="PH" ]

Just thinking of others who will need to read it (more pedantic than anything else I guess). Smilie
# 4  
Old 03-26-2008
Yep , it will produce the same result.
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