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# 1  
Old 06-02-2015
Cd and mv in a tar ksh script not working
hi forums, can you help me on how to make cd and mv code work in this script?
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
#i got it from: How to tar, compress and remove files older than two days
MAIN_DIR=/home/user/pumela
find ${MAIN_DIR} *.txt -mtime -3> FILE_LIST
tar -cvf archive1.tar -L FILE_LIST
for x in ${FILE_LIST}
rm  $x
rm FILE_LIST
done
cd /home/user/pumela #this code not working
mv *.tar ./archive #this code not working also

# 2  
Old 06-02-2015
You haven't told us what operating system you're using, but your tar command probably only works on AIX systems. (At least it won't work on Solaris-, Linux-, or BSD-based systems.) What operating system are you using?

What makes you think something is wrong with cd and mv in your script when:
  • your find utility is looking for files less than three days old instead of more than two days old,
  • your find command is subject to argument list too long errors if there are lots of *.csv files, and
  • your for loop has a syntax error?
# 3  
Old 06-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
You haven't told us what operating system you're using, but your tar command probably only works on AIX systems. (At least it won't work on Solaris-, Linux-, or BSD-based systems.) What operating system are you using? IBM AIX OS, sorry i said windows in my prev. topic


What makes you think something is wrong with cd and mv in your script when:
  • your find utility is looking for files less than three days old instead of more than two days old, - yep bec. of the -mtime and -3
  • your find command is subject to argument list too long errors if there are lots of *.csv files, and
  • your for loop has a syntax error?i cannot determine its root cause
# 4  
Old 06-02-2015
Hi,

you can try like

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

MAIN_DIR=/home/user/pumela
FILE_LIST=/home/user/file_list.txt
find ${MAIN_DIR} -type f -name "*.txt" -mtime +2 > ${FILE_LIST}
tar -cvf /full/path/archive1.tar $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
for x in $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
do
rm $x
done
rm ${FILE_LIST}
mv /full/path/archive1.tar /full/path/to/destination/
exit;

# 5  
Old 06-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by venky.b5
Hi,

you can try like

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
 
MAIN_DIR=/home/user/pumela
FILE_LIST=/home/user/file_list.txt
find ${MAIN_DIR} -type f -name "*.txt" -mtime +2 > ${FILE_LIST}
tar -cvf /full/path/archive1.tar $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
for x in $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
do
rm $x
done
rm ${FILE_LIST}
mv /full/path/archive1.tar /full/path/to/destination/
exit;

I modifie the code according to your specifications:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
MAIN_DIR=/home/user/pumela/
FILE_LIST=/home/user/pumela/file_list.txt
find ${MAIN_DIR} -type f -name "*.txt" -mtime +2 > ${FILE_LIST}
tar -cvf /home/user/pumela/archive1.tar $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
for x in $(cat ${FILE_LIST})
do
rm $x
done
rm ${FILE_LIST}
mv /home/user/pumela/archive1.tar /home/user/pumela/archive
exit;

i executed it but i got no luck on mv to archive:
Code:
pumela@vampyrtest Non Production
/home/user/pumela bash pumelatar.ksh
pumelatar.ksh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
find: bad status-- /home/user/pumela/
cat: cannot open /home/user/pumela/file_list.txt
: No such file or directory
pumelatar.ksh: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `$'do\r''
'umelatar.ksh: line 8: `do
pumela@vampyrtest Non Production
/home/user/pumela

# 6  
Old 06-02-2015
Code:
pumelatar.ksh: line 2: $'\r': command not found

Windows detected ;-) Use vi, Luke! Write your script on UNIX or use an editor which understands the difference between Windows and UNIX.
# 7  
Old 06-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by agent.kgb
Code:
pumelatar.ksh: line 2: $'\r': command not found

Windows detected ;-) Use vi, Luke! Write your script on UNIX or use an editor which understands the difference between Windows and UNIX.
what? i completely didn't catch up what you had said here. i used putty, telnet and cygwin but i don't know vi. Smilie
 
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