Re: [MLUG] backup via cron

[Daniel Nowlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Here is the script:


Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> Mike Miller wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anybody tell me why these two commands will work in BASH but 
> > > > not in a script?
> > > > dvd+rw-format -f /dev/dvd
> > > > growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R /var/ftp/files
> > >
> > >
> > > Try:
> > >
> > > dvd+rw-format -f /dev/dvd
> > > growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R /var/ftp/files ;
> > >
> > > (see the added semi-colon).
> >
> >
> >
> > Very interesting. So, Stephen, where did you come up with that idea?
> > I'm very impressed.
> >
> > Mike
>
> I think that the line in question in the script does not end with a 
> line-feed character (as unix requires) but a carriage-return-line-feed 
> sequence as DOS requires. The carriage-return becomes part of the file 
> name. The semi-colon seperates it away.
>
> If Dan could send me the script, but as an attachment, I can look and 
> see.
>
>
> Stephen
>
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dvd+rw-format -f /dev/dvd;
growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -r /var/ftp/files;

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