Re: syntax error in backup script

["Jason Pepas" <j.pepas@mail.utexas.edu>]

unfortunately, I tried adding a 'then' but to no avail.

any other ideas?

thanks for your time

jason
jason@pepas.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Wright" <d.wright@open.ac.uk>
To: "Jason Pepas" <j.pepas@mail.utexas.edu>
Cc: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: syntax error in backup script


> Quoting Jason Pepas (j.pepas@mail.utexas.edu):
>
> > syntax error near unexpected token 'elif'
> >
> > this is the line in question:
> >
> > elif [ ! -f "/backup/current/*fullbackup.tar.gz" ]
>
> elif needs "then" just like if does.
>
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