Greetings
I have started to write a bash script whoise first task is to find out
if a file exists.
A typical path for this file would be:
/home/<username>/Maildir/.My<space>Plans.<space><space><space>125
when I run the script I get a "no such file or directory" but when I run
the ls command from the command line it works fine.
The script is below. When I run it I see this:
[root@sydsrv56 bin]# sh email_sp 125
After padding SP = ' 125'
TGT=/home/*/Maildir/.My\ Plans.\ \ \ 125
ls: /home/*/Maildir/.My\ Plans.\ \ \ 125: No such file or directory
But when I run the same thing from the command line thus:
[root@sydsrv56 bin]# ls -ld /home/*/Maildir/.My\ Plans.\ \ \ 125
lrwxrwxrwx 1 davidt davidt 27 Apr 17 2010 /home/davidt/Maildir/.My
Plans. 125 -> /home/plans/Maildir/. 125
Would someone like to stop me from pulling my hair out?
TIA
Nigel.
# Usage: email_sp Strataplan [User1] [User2]
#
# Can be used for three purposes.
#
# 1. Only a Strata Plan Number is supplied.
# In this case we look for a symlink in any user's
home/Maildir folder
# and display what we find
#
# 2. For a brand new plan (Only one user supplied):
# Creates a symlink to the manager's Maildir folders under
"My Plans"
#
# 3. For a transfer from one manager to another (Two users supplied)
# In this case it needs to copy the symbolic link from one
user's Maildir to
# another, chown the symlink (-h), remove from the first
user's subscriptions
# and insert into the subscriptions file of the recipient.
#
function usage(){
echo "Usage: $0 spno [user1] [user2]"
exit 1
}
function display_sp(){
PTH="/home/*/Maildir/.My Plans."
TGT=${PTH}$SP
TGT=${TGT// /\\ }
DEBUG echo "TGT="$TGT
ls -ld "$TGT"
return
}
function new_sp() {
return
}
function transfer_sp(){
return
}
function DEBUG()
{
[ "$_DEBUG" == "on" ] && $@
}
_DEBUG="on"
# Did we get the correct number of arguments?
[[ $# -eq 0 || $# -gt 3 ]] && usage
SP=`printf "%6s" "$1"` # pad the input strata plan to 6
characters with spaces so "125" becomes " 125"
DEBUG echo "After padding SP = '$SP'"
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
display_sp
elif [ $# -eq 2 ]
then
FR=$2
new_sp
elif [ $# -eq 3 ]
then
TO=$3
transfer_sp
fi
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