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# 8  
Old 01-18-2009
*looks sheepish* Ignore that above reply please - I realised my mistake
# 9  
Old 01-18-2009
Thanks for your help Rhije I changed the name and it worked - I actually did figure it out lol, and felt completely stupid. But thanks for your help mate.
# 10  
Old 01-18-2009
Oh no problem, we all make silly mistakes that we realize. haha, Have fun!
# 11  
Old 01-18-2009
Sorry to bug you again, but I was wondering if it was possible to restore the file to a different directory, like of my choosing? Would that require a elif part in the code? with a mv flag?
# 12  
Old 01-18-2009
Yeah you can just use another parameter... umm something like

Code:
if [ -z $2 ]; then
  mv $1 .$2
else 
  mv $1 .
fi

Or something like that. the -z tests the variable if it is NULL or not.
# 13  
Old 01-18-2009
I changed my code to this:

if [ $1 ]; then
echo "Restoring File..."
mv /home/dustbin/$1 .

elif [$1 "-z" ] ; then
mv $1 .$2

elif
echo "That file doesn't exist.";
fi

And I get an error, any idea what i'm doing wrong?
# 14  
Old 01-18-2009
Well, what error did you get?

Also, the last elif does not need to be an elif (in fact it makes no sense), use else

Elif needs something to test against, you are giving it nothing. Use else.
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