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Hi,

I am not aware whether any one has posted this early or not.

I am creating a house keeping script in which I give the user two options:

1. creating a zip file.
2. removing all files given by user.

Before taking any action I am asking user to
enter full path of file or files to be removed/zipped.
and File name [any char like file extn , file name , last date modified]

Here is my script:

#!/bin/sh

echo "HOUSE KEEPING"
echo "-------------"
echo "You want:"
echo "1. zip files."
echo "2. remove files."

read option

echo "Enter full File path:"
read PATH
echo "Enter File name:"
read FILE
echo "Enter Date:"
read DAYS


if [ option -eq 1 ]
then
#zip files
/usr/bin/jar -cvf $FILE.jar $PATH

#/usr/bin/find $PATH -type f -name "*$FILE*" -mtime +$DAYS > tmp.txt
fi

if [ option -eq 2 ]
then
#rm files

/usr/bin/find $PATH -type f -name "*$FILE*" -mtime +$DAYS -ls -exec rm -f {} \;

fi

Now the issue is when I select option 1 that is to zip file, I am getting
this error

./House_Keeping2: /usr/bin/jar: not found

I found the path is fine.

could plz help me making this working


thanks

I think that you are confused with the command that you are using. The options given look very much like the options supplied to tar. Try replacing the '/usr/bin/jar' with '/usr/bin/tar' and see if it works.

thanks,it worked.why I can't I use /usr/bin/jar inside a script.

I wann to delete/tar only files which are in a particular directory and user
will be entering any text of the file.

Thanks,

can i use zip instead of tar.
like in zip we have option to get list of input files from standard input using:

find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | zip source -@

Can I do the same using tar.

thanks

Sure you can. Just run the command as

Code:

find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | xargs tar -cvf <name_of_output_file>

Hi,

I tried the above command,however I am getting error:

-------------
HOUSE KEEPING
-------------
You want:
1. zip files.
2. remove files.
Enter your option:1
Enter full File path:/home/rb26326/our_scripts/test
Enter File name:.log
Creating zip file
./House_Keeping2: xargs: command not found

Can you let me know what has to been done.

thanks,

I got the solution , just I forget to put /usr/bin/xargs.

Thanks Blowtrouch,