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# 1  
Old 07-18-2008
Delete original wav file if lame was successful encoding.
In a bash script:

Code:
src=”cooltrack.wav”
dst=”cooltrack.mp3”

lame $src $dst

I would like to add some line that would delete the source wav file like:
Code:
rm $src

but I would like this only if the encoding was successful.
What should I include before deleting the original to check that the encoding with lame went alright?
# 2  
Old 07-19-2008
u can try this:

Code:
lame $src $dst && rm -frv $src || echo "$src encoding failed"

when lame $src $dst return zero if lame encoding sucess.
# 3  
Old 07-19-2008
Many thanks to you, yunccll.
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