Re: Script does not do what it is told to do
On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> Ken Heard wrote:
>>
>>> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla.
>>> STARTDIR=$PWD
>>> cd /home/ken
>>> tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \
>>> --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst
>>> cd "$STARTDIR"
>>>
>>> it returns the following:
>>>
>>
>> this is not possible because in the script you tell tar to create archive
>> in /media/fde/backups/
>
> Possibly /media/fde is a (broken) symbolic link to /media/ssda?
>
> Besides (but this probably hasn't to do with your failure):
> what are you trying to achieve with 'STARTDIR=$PWD' and then
> 'cd "$STARTDIR"'?
>
Given that you are using bash, my guess is that the below should do what
you want:
STARTDIR=$(dirname $_)
cd $STARTDIR || exit $?
--
John Doe
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