How do you call your script? Aurel Quoting Pete Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi there people, > > I have a script that performs batch zipping of files. Trouble is that it > only does one file at a time (kind of going against the "batch" idea). > Could someone point out the silly mistake I am obviously making? > > Chers, > > > Pete. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > #!/bin/sh > # > # batch zip > # invoke with batchzip <filespec> > # > # this will zip all files in the current directory that conform > # to the file spec. > # > ZIP="/usr/bin/zip" > ARGS="-mT" > > if [ -n "$1" ] > then > if [ -x "$ZIP" ] > then > nofiles=0 > > for file in "$1" > do > filename=${file%.*} > echo "Adding $file to $filename.zip..." > $ZIP $ARGS "$filename" "$file" > /dev/null > > let "nofiles += 1" > done > > echo > echo "finished ... processed $nofiles files." > echo > retval=0 > else > echo > echo "Could not find 'zip'. Please check the path." > echo > retval=2 > fi > else > echo > echo "Usage : `basename $0` <filespec>" > echo > retval=1 > fi > > exit $retval > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]