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magyarkid · Feb 15th, 2005, 6:12 PM

HEEELLLLPPPP!!!!
I've been developing a basic suite of apps to get to know Shell Scripting in Fedora 1 Linux. I have 2 applications done and bug-free, but my third is no... here is the code:

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#-------------Credits------------
# (C) 2005 Kid Kompany
# Written by Chris Szentkiralyi
# v1.5
#--------------------------------
#!/bin/sh

makeDir() {
	if mkdir "_$dir"
	then
		echo "Directory _$dir created..."
	else
		echo "ERROR: Directory could not be created"
	fi
}
changeDir() {
	if cd "_$dir"
	then
		echo "Directory changed to $dir"
	else
		ECHO "ERROR: Directory could not be changed"
	fi
}
copyFiles() {
	if cp *.* _$dir
	then
		echo "Files copied to _$dir"
	else
		echo "ERROR: Could not copy files to _$dir"
	fi
}
read dir
makeDir
changeDir
copyFiles

The problem is that I can't seem to get the copyFiles() function to work right. It won't let me use '*.*' to copy all of the files... and I am out of ideas. PLEASE HELP!!!

Feb 15th, 2005, 6:12 PM	#1
magyarkid Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia USA Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Help Me!! HEEELLLLPPPP!!!! I've been developing a basic suite of apps to get to know Shell Scripting in Fedora 1 Linux. I have 2 applications done and bug-free, but my third is no... here is the code: (Toggle Plain Text) #-------------Credits------------ # (C) 2005 Kid Kompany # Written by Chris Szentkiralyi # v1.5 #-------------------------------- #!/bin/sh makeDir() { if mkdir "_$dir" then echo "Directory _$dir created..." else echo "ERROR: Directory could not be created" fi } changeDir() { if cd "_$dir" then echo "Directory changed to $dir" else ECHO "ERROR: Directory could not be changed" fi } copyFiles() { if cp . _$dir then echo "Files copied to _$dir" else echo "ERROR: Could not copy files to _$dir" fi } read dir makeDir changeDir copyFiles #-------------Credits------------ # (C) 2005 Kid Kompany # Written by Chris Szentkiralyi # v1.5 #-------------------------------- #!/bin/sh makeDir() { if mkdir "_$dir" then echo "Directory _$dir created..." else echo "ERROR: Directory could not be created" fi } changeDir() { if cd "_$dir" then echo "Directory changed to $dir" else ECHO "ERROR: Directory could not be changed" fi } copyFiles() { if cp . _$dir then echo "Files copied to _$dir" else echo "ERROR: Could not copy files to _$dir" fi } read dir makeDir changeDir copyFiles The problem is that I can't seem to get the copyFiles() function to work right. It won't let me use '.' to copy all of the files... and I am out of ideas. PLEASE HELP!!! __________________ Signed, Magyarkid

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