Recent content by wak1967

Hi Daniel I tried the quotes without success. Then I changed db_status to DB_STATUS and it all works now, with or without the quotes. Must be case sensitive. Many thanks for your time. Wak

Sorry, afetr a weekend looking at this script I'm going crazy! the error was bash: [: too many arguments. I also need to mention that the script ends with a 'fi'

Hi all In the following script I am getting an error on the 'if' line. I'm guessing the problem is with the brackets. Any ideas? if [ $db_status = "MOUNTED" -o $db_status = "OPEN" ]; then # # Get the archivelog-mode of the database # ARCHIVELOG=`sqlplus -s "/ as...

I've tried this but I'm still getting the same error. Any ideas?

Hi again When I run this command shell (test.sh): #!/bin/sh BACKUPLOG=&quot;my_backup-$(date '+%Y.%m.%d:%H:%M').log&quot; export BACKUPLOG # cat > $BACKUPLOG 2> <<-EOF Backup started at: `date` EOF # I get the following error. bash test.sh : line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `<<-'...

Hi Can mailx be used in a bash shell, if not what is the equivelent? Thanks in advance Martin

Many thanks...

Hi Guru's Does anyone have a sample shell script that will back up all the directories on a server. I am implementing the full backup on Tru64. If not, are there any good websites where I might find an example. My shell scripting experience is limited so I'm looking for a simple script with...