Tar command in a bash script [closed]
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I'm using the command in a script:
tar -czf -"$fsrc"/* > ./"$fdest"/"$fname"
In a script to take user defined source folder and redirect to a user defined destination with a user defined name.
When I use the command in the terminal by itself like:
tar -czf - Documents/* >./backup/test.tar.gz
It works fine but when run in my script I get:
archive.sh: line 172: .//: Is a directory
And nothing happens.
shell-script tar
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
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closed as off-topic by roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve Jun 26 at 18:10
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I'm using the command in a script:
tar -czf -"$fsrc"/* > ./"$fdest"/"$fname"
In a script to take user defined source folder and redirect to a user defined destination with a user defined name.
When I use the command in the terminal by itself like:
tar -czf - Documents/* >./backup/test.tar.gz
It works fine but when run in my script I get:
archive.sh: line 172: .//: Is a directory
And nothing happens.
shell-script tar
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
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closed as off-topic by roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve Jun 26 at 18:10
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions describing a problem that can't be reproduced and seemingly went away on its own (or went away when a typo was fixed) are off-topic as they are unlikely to help future readers." – roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve
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It looks like your script is not assigning values tofdestorfname
– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
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Immediately above thetarline you should consider a debugging statement such as"echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'"and then fix your code appropriately
– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Or useset -xso that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Orset -uto abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04
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I'm using the command in a script:
tar -czf -"$fsrc"/* > ./"$fdest"/"$fname"
In a script to take user defined source folder and redirect to a user defined destination with a user defined name.
When I use the command in the terminal by itself like:
tar -czf - Documents/* >./backup/test.tar.gz
It works fine but when run in my script I get:
archive.sh: line 172: .//: Is a directory
And nothing happens.
shell-script tar
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
233
I'm using the command in a script:
tar -czf -"$fsrc"/* > ./"$fdest"/"$fname"
In a script to take user defined source folder and redirect to a user defined destination with a user defined name.
When I use the command in the terminal by itself like:
tar -czf - Documents/* >./backup/test.tar.gz
It works fine but when run in my script I get:
archive.sh: line 172: .//: Is a directory
And nothing happens.
shell-script tar
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
233
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
233
asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
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asked Jun 26 at 15:40
Drunkpacman
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closed as off-topic by roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve Jun 26 at 18:10
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions describing a problem that can't be reproduced and seemingly went away on its own (or went away when a typo was fixed) are off-topic as they are unlikely to help future readers." – roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve
closed as off-topic by roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve Jun 26 at 18:10
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions describing a problem that can't be reproduced and seemingly went away on its own (or went away when a typo was fixed) are off-topic as they are unlikely to help future readers." – roaima, DopeGhoti, Kusalananda, Jeff Schaller, steve
2
It looks like your script is not assigning values tofdestorfname
– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
2
Immediately above thetarline you should consider a debugging statement such as"echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'"and then fix your code appropriately
– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Or useset -xso that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Orset -uto abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04
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It looks like your script is not assigning values tofdestorfname
– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
2
Immediately above thetarline you should consider a debugging statement such as"echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'"and then fix your code appropriately
– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Or useset -xso that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Orset -uto abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04
2
2
It looks like your script is not assigning values to
fdest or fname– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
It looks like your script is not assigning values to
fdest or fname– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
2
2
Immediately above the
tar line you should consider a debugging statement such as "echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'" and then fix your code appropriately– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Immediately above the
tar line you should consider a debugging statement such as "echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'" and then fix your code appropriately– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Or use
set -x so that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Or set -u to abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
Or use
set -x so that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Or set -u to abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04
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As the comments said, my scripts wasn't assigning values to my variables. I have now fixed that. Thanks a lot!
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
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You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
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It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
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Jun 26 at 18:09
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As the comments said, my scripts wasn't assigning values to my variables. I have now fixed that. Thanks a lot!
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
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You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
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It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
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As the comments said, my scripts wasn't assigning values to my variables. I have now fixed that. Thanks a lot!
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
233
You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
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It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
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As the comments said, my scripts wasn't assigning values to my variables. I have now fixed that. Thanks a lot!
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
233
As the comments said, my scripts wasn't assigning values to my variables. I have now fixed that. Thanks a lot!
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
233
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
233
answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
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answered Jun 26 at 16:05
Drunkpacman
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You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
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It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
add a comment |Â
You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
1
It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
You might want to mark this as the correct answer.
– steve
Jun 26 at 18:01
1
1
It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
It won't let me accept my own answer for another 2 days.
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 18:09
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2
It looks like your script is not assigning values to
fdestorfname– steeldriver
Jun 26 at 15:42
2
Immediately above the
tarline you should consider a debugging statement such as"echo fsrc='$fsrc', fdest='$fdest', fname='$fname'"and then fix your code appropriately– roaima
Jun 26 at 15:45
Or use
set -xso that you are shown exactly what your script is trying to do before it does it. Orset -uto abort with error if trying to reference an unset variable.– DopeGhoti
Jun 26 at 15:46
You're right my script wasn't assigning values to my variables. Fixed now. Thank you!
– Drunkpacman
Jun 26 at 16:04