[cut] > But things like checking for zip return error codes, mounting the share > error codes etc. is new to me. Obviously if the share is unable to be > mounted, I'd like to skip the rest of the steps and echo "Backup PC could > not be mounted - error code <such and such> >> backuplog.txt". And then drop > out. > > Also, it would be nice to name the backup 20030329.zip for example. So > things like extracting the date from the system is also beyond me. > > Anyone know of a good tutorial on the web to help me learn these few things?
In sh/bash, the variable $? holds the exit value of the last command to run. So you can do: mount .... if [$? -ne 0] then echo "command failed" ... more stuff ... fi "man bash" and "man test" for more information. For extracting the date in the format you like, try: date '+%Y%m%d' "man date" for more information. And there are loads of online tutorials on shell scripting. Google turned up one such tutorial for me: http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ There must be others too. -- Anand -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
