On 10/2/06, Dan Track <dan.track@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi I've got this little script and to run the commands I copy the commands into my paste buffer by selecting the lines. The script was opened in vi. The script contains some parts that require manual intervention so for example I would have: cd /opt mkdir java scp -rp server:/opt/java/java* java/ cd java ls If I paste the above to a shell it will run all the way up until the "scp" command. After completing the scp command the shell returms me to a prompt. The rest of the script isn't run. Can someone please explain why this is happening? Thanks in advance Dan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
I just tried the following and it works here: cd scripts;mkdir temp;scp -rp localhost:/home/myusername/images/* temp; cd temp;ls It properly did a cd to the scripts folder that was within the pwd at the time the script ran. It then did the scp no problem, then the cd to the temp folder, and finally the ls. I am assuming that is what you mean by running the commands from the shell, with a semi-colon between each command. Is there any manual intervention required in that part of the script, or are the options coded in that part of the script? Also any reason why you'd do a cd to the folder, create a sub-folder, then copy, then cd to the sub-folder, then list it - instead of mkdir /opt/java (no need to cd to it first) followed by scp -rp server:/opt/java/java* /opt/java/ and finally followed by ls /opt/java? Not a big deal either way. Just cuts out the change directory commands. If you need to refer to relative paths, use the . and the .. within your scp or your ls command rather than doing a cd. For debugging you could try the -v option with the scp and see if that provides you with anything helpful. Or for greater debugging you could prefix the scp with the strace command. Sorry I'm not more help than that. I'd be curious to find out the reason should you figure it out. Thanks, Jacques B.
