How to make script close terminal window when complete???

taylorkh · 08-25-2008, 11:24 AM

Ubuntu 8.04 - I wrote a very simplistic script to backup the /home directory to a USB flash drive. I then scheduled it with gnome-schedule (run as root - gksu gnome-schedule). The script works OK and copies files as expected. It also writes the log and error files as directed. However, it opens a terminal window when it starts and displays the following message in the window when complete "Press ENTER to continue and close this window."

Here is the script:

Quote:

#!/bin/bash
echo >> /home/backup.log
echo ------------------------------------------------ >> /home/backup.log
date >> /home/backup.log

echo >> /home/backup.err
echo ------------------------------------------------ >> /home/backup.err
date >> /home/backup.err

cp -u -v -f -r /home /media/BACKUP >> /home/backup.log 2>> /home/backup.err

echo >> /home/backup.log
echo >> /home/backup.err

I have tried adding "exit" and "return" to the end of the script with no result. If I change the scheduled job to 'exec /home/backup.sh" it will run and the window will close automatically.

I am just wondering how to close the window programatically from within the script (if such a thing is possible).

Thanks,

Ken

p.s. If the USB drive is not present it does not write any errors and the log file appears to show that it copied every file. Still have to work on this phenomenon.

CRC123 · 08-25-2008, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taylorkh

p.s. If the USB drive is not present it does not write any errors and the log file appears to show that it copied every file. Still have to work on this phenomenon.

It does this because when a USB drive is not mounted at /media/Backup, it looks like an empty directory to programs (or it has the files that were in it before you mounted USB to it). So there's no error because it doesn't copy anything.

Add a check in your script to make sure something is mounted at /media/Backup:

Code:

df | grep -c /media/Backup

or more fancy

Code:

df | grep -Ec <path to usb>.*/media/Backup

If it returns 1, its mounted, otherwise you make it fail with a message about no USB mounted.

taylorkh · 08-27-2008, 10:43 AM

Thanks CRC123 - I will enhance my script before putting it in "production". I may mount and unmount the USB drive from within the script as well. As it is the darned thing shows up on the desktop when it automounts. I have told Gnome not to show mounted volumes however it does anyway.

Ken