[SOLVED] get last folder in path

xjx424 · 04-12-2011, 06:30 PM

Ahhhh! I guess that would make sense. OK, switching the two now and trying, still not working but at least I have a chance now!

xjx424 · 04-12-2011, 07:54 PM

Still stuck!

If I use this

Code:

tar -zcvf "$al".tar.gz "$al"

I get the correctly named tar.gz file in the correct location...but when untar'ed it contains the folders and absolute path to the file

If I use this

Code:

tar -zcvf "$al".tar.gz "$(basename "$al")"

I get "Cannot stat: No such file or directory"

I don't understand how to point to just the folder which is "$(basename "$al")" and still include the full path as in the variable $al

xjx424 · 04-13-2011, 11:38 AM

Finally got it!

Code:

cd /var/www/hfandt.com/artists/
for dirname in */;
do
	cd /var/www/hfandt.com/artists/"$dirname"/
	for al in *;
		do
			tar -zcvf "$al".tar.gz "$al"
		done
done