mkdir won't work in a script but works on command line

ifeatu · 02-04-2010, 01:06 PM

Hey,

Code:

mkdir -p /cygdrive/c/Blah_Email_Backup/$i

This won't work in a script but it WILL work on the commandline...any suggestions

here is my output when I try the script:

Code:

mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/c/Blah_Email_Backup/amyerhoff@blah.com\r': No such file or directory

Also, what is the \r at the end of the path in the error??!!

Tinkster · 02-04-2010, 01:46 PM

Show us the code snippet that produces the message?

catkin · 02-04-2010, 02:25 PM

Looks like a Windows line end. Was the script created under Windows? The dos2unix command can be used to convert Windows line ends to Linux ones.

allanf · 02-04-2010, 02:26 PM

Most the value of "$i" contains the "CR/LF" line termination from "Windows" (or just the "CR" from Apple) as Linux/UNIX only used the "LF" portion. Easy fix if using BASH is:

Code:

mkdir -p /cygdrive/c/Blah_Email_Backup/${i%\\.}