UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

After seeing in a Unix cheatsheet that I could add commands into a file and run that file as a command to save on typing, i tried it with this:

Code:

#! /bin/csh
# Backup website excluding directories that do not change
rsync -e "ssh -p 2222" -axzvc --progress --stats --compress-level=9 patwa@patwanet.co.uk:/home/patwa --exclude=/home/patwa/public_html/dl --exclude=/home/patwa/public_html/jithwish --exclude/home/patwa/public_html/senaka /home/H/HGBackup13062007 ; sync

I gave it a chmod of 755 and no file extension but when I try to run it I get 'Command not found'. The file was placed in my cygwin home directory.

I can run the actual rsync command if I type it longhand with no problem.

Could someone advise what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

H.

Patwa,
Try the following:

Code:

which rsync
which <your_shell>
echo $PATH

I'm sorry, I don't follow.

Could you possibly demonstrate using the command I gave at the top, it has all the info there - I'm rsync'ing from my webhost to my local machine.

Default shell is bash, although I can also use tcsh.

Thanks.

H.

Try

Code:

cd
./myscript

or

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~/myscript

or

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$HOME/myscript

or

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PATH=$PATH:$HOME
myscript

Absolutely nothing happens. I just get the command prompt again, no action, no login prompt, nothing.

replace first line with

Code:

#!/bin/sh -x

Hi, thanks. that works.

May I ask out of curiosity what the /bin/sh -x does? Is the -x to make it an executable? And what is the /bin/sh?

Also, please could someone help with the rsync command itself?

--exclude=/home/patwa/public_html/dl is not working. It's downloading the directory anyway and as it's over 1GB and doesn't change I'd like to exclude it.

I tried --exclude=/home/patwa/public_html/dl/ as well but no joy.

Thanks.

H.