On 2005-06-22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an if statement, something like:
>
> if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then
> tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home
> fi
>
> If I decide to pound out the tar command, then the script
> will error and it won't continue on.
> Is it possible to pound out the tar command and still leave the if
> statement intact? even though there is no command to do.
if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then
: tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home
fi
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, 2005, Apress
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