linux script question: data

bhuwan · 02-21-2006, 07:39 AM

Code:

 -bash-3.00$ more cs
#!/bin/sh
date=$(date +%F)
filename=$date
mysqldump --opt -Q -u N -pmanager N | gzip -9  > "dir/here/private/backup/proj_$filename.sql.gz";

Code:

-bash-3.00$ bash cs
: command not found
-bash-3.00$

first of all, why is it out putting "command not found"
MORE IMPORTANTLY, why does the output contain some useless characters?
output:

Code:

-bash-3.00$ ls
proj_2006-02-21??.sql.gz

notice the "??"

pixellany · 02-21-2006, 08:39 AM

To run a script, it must be executable (chmod 755 filename)

To execute a file, the path needs to be in the PATH variable. Otherwise, you need to specify the path, like so:
./filename
OR
/fullpath/filename

Can't help you on the ??

unSpawn · 02-21-2006, 09:16 AM

To run a script, it must be executable
...or supplied on cmdline: shell <filename>.

notice the "??"
If you run "stat -c %N" on the filename, what does it say?

bhuwan · 02-21-2006, 11:14 AM

the file runs okay, so it doesnt seem as if it is a chmod problem -- i think all these enters (added through windows) is confusing the script --

Code:

-bash-3.00$ stat -c %N rs
`rs'
-bash-3.00$

i redid the script via unix 'vi' and i no longer have problems with the "??"'s being added in the name - I wonder what was the cause (I edited the script in Windows yesterday)?

Regardless, my problems are solved, so thanks everyone!