On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:
I have not tried what you want, Someone else may be able to give a complete answer.
However, when I have a similar question, a very good and handy reference to locate the answers for most and to lead me in the right direction in shell scripting is the book /UNIX shell programming/ by Lowell Jar Arthur and Ted Burns.
if you just want example scripts, i recommend cameron simpson's script repository, at http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css.
and www.moongroup.com hosts a mailing list devoted to scripting.
rday