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BASH Scripting Troubles with IF and FUNCTION

Hey guys, im running macosx 10.4.4 which of course uses linux under neath and ive been trying to write up a script for both my mac and linux box, but at the momment it seems the script hits a halt during the archive bit

Code:

#! /bin/bash



#----Backup Details------------------------#

BACKUPNAME="xxxxx"

BACKUPDIR="~/"

NAMET=~/$BACKUPNAME-$(date +%d%m%Y).tar.gz

NAMEE=~/$BACKUPNAME-$(date +%d%m%Y).aes

REMOVETEMP=1

#----Online Backup details-----------------#

ONLINE=1

FTPUSER=xxxxx

FTPPASS=xxxxx

FTPDIR=xxxxxx

FTPSITE=xxxxxx

#----Server Backup Details-----------------#

SERVER=1

BACKUPDRIVE=xxxxx

SHARE=xxxxx

SMBSERVER=xxxxxx

#----Encryption Details--------------------#

ENCRYPTBACKUP=1

ENCRYPTPASS=xxxxxxx





function BACKUPFTP {

growlnotify -m "Uploading backup to FTP" -t $BACKUPNAME

echo "uploading to ftp"

if [ ENCRYPTBACKUP = 1]; then

ftp -n <<EOF

open $FTPUSER $FTPSITE

user $FTPPASS

put $NAMEE $FTPDIR

bye

EOF

elif [ENCRYPTBACKUP = 0]; then

ftp -n <<EOF

open $FTPUSER $FTPSITE

user $FTPPASS

put $NAMET $FTPDIR

bye

EOF

fi

}



function REMOVETEMP {

#removes archive

echo "removing archives"

growlnotify -m "Removing Files used" -t $BACKUPNAME

rm $NAMET

rm $NAMEE

}



function ENCRYPT {

#Encrypts the archive

echo "encrypting files"

growlnotify -m "Encrypting backup" -t $BACKUPNAME

openssl enc -e -a -salt -aes-256-cbc -in $NAMET -out $NAMEE -k $ENCRYPTPASS

}



function MOUNTSHARE {

#mounts the backup drive

echo "Mounting backupdrive"

growlnotify -m "Mounting Backup Drive" -t $BACKUPNAME

mount_smbfs -I $SMBSERVER $SHARE $BACKUPDRIVE

}

#unmounts the backupdrive



function UNMOUNTSERVER {        

echo "unmounting backupdrive"

growlnotify -m "Unmounting backupdrive" -t $BACKUPNAME

umount $BACKUPDIR

}

function UPLOADSERVER {

echo "Uploading archive to server"

growlnotify -m "Copying to Backup Drive" -t $BACKUPNAME

if [ BACKUPDRIVE = 1]; then

cp $NAMEE $BACKUPDRIVE

elif [BACKUPDRIVE = 0]; then

cp $NAMET $BACKUPDRIVE

fi

}





#Archives the files

function ARCHIVE {

echo "archiving files"

growlnotify -m "Archiving backup" -t $BACKUPNAME

tar -czf $NAMET $BACKUPDIR

}





echo "Annoucing Backup"

growlnotify -m "Backup Started" -t $BACKUPNAME -s



ARCHIVE



if [ "ENCRYPTBACKUP" = "1" ]; then

ENCRYPT

fi



if [ "ONLINE" = "1" ]; then

BACKUPFTP

fi



if [ "SERVER" = "1" ]; then

MOUNTSHARE

UPLOADSERVER

UNMOUNTSERVER

fi



if [ "CLEANUP" = "1" ]; then

REMOVETEMP

fi



growlnotify -m "Backup COMPLETED" -t $BACKUPNAME -s

Quote:

Originally Posted by semaja2

Hey guys, im running macosx 10.4.4 which of course uses linux under neath

No....it is not Linux. I believe that OS-X derives from BSD Unix

well its not exactly linux but much in the terminal is near the same cmds as a linux machine, anywho the fact is this is about bash scripting which both have, so can someone help me and tell me if anything is wrong with it

I don't know how it is on your box but, on my FC4 machine, the if statement doesn't work when the [ brackets ] are too close to the [number].

Code:

#!/bin/bash



num=1



if [ $num = 1 ] ; then

echo good

else

echo not good

fi

well i fixed up all the brackets but still after the archive is made it just skips right to the end of the script

also is there a way to make it link to another file, so like in c++ u could have another file with ur functions in it is this possible in bash

Read the man pages. I suppose there is a possibility to include other files (like the #include in C).
For instance, in the /etc/init.d/* scripts, often written in Bash, the script /etc/init.d/functions is usually "included" by:
. ./etc/init.d/functions

Also, you should pay attention to programming syntax. Several shells have different if-syntax for numeric comparisons (called "ARITHMETIC EVALUATION") and for string/other comparisons. So, if your variable stores a number, you should use the number syntax, not the string syntax, etc.
If you want to test if a number equals 1 in Bash, I think it's supposed to be written as:
if (( $num == 1 )); then
do_some_code;
fi;
But, to test if a file exists, you need to use:
if [[ -f $file_name ]]; then
do_some_code;
fi;

In short, read "man bash", like the rest of us - lol

Hey guys, this one is a new question but ill stay in one thread, im trying to build a few scripts for my suse 10 box but when ever i try to run the script i get this

bender:/home/gserver # ./utilities.sh
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Code:

#!/bin/bash





UTILITES="CSMAPLIST REBOOT SHUTDOWN"

select utl in $UTILITES; do



    if [ "$utl" = "CSMAPLIST" ]; then

    

    echo "Listing Counter Strike maps.."

    cat | ls /home/gserver/games/csmaps

    

    elif [ "$utl" = "REBOOT" ]; then

    

    sudo init 6

    

    elif [ "$utl" = "SHUTDOWN" ]; then

    

    sudo shutdown now

    

    else

    echo

    echo

    echo ERROR : BAD OPTION, TRY AGAIN

    fi

    

done

Basically, #!/bin/bash tells your system that it should use the bash shell (the program /bin/bash) to interprete the code below that line.
In other words, your script uses the Bash shell syntax.

However the error "bad interpreter" suggests that you don't have the /bin/bash program.

Try doing
ls -l /bin/bash
whereis bash
If they don't tell you that you have bash, you probably don't have it. /bin/sh is similar, but somewhat older and thus may lack some features of Bash. Try changing #!/bin/bash into #!/bin/sh and run the script again to see if it works.

Otherwise,
echo $SHELL
to print the shell you're currently using. You could try re-writing your script using that shell (and it's specific syntax) as well.

EDIT: ok my mistake it seems that my windows notepad2 i had been using had placed werid formatting to it even tho its txt, is there any good notepad apps that do the colouring of text for certain functions

PS. i know about vim but thats just all one colour

im sure bash is there and working becuase i have other scripts that load and run fine, i copied that direct line from another script that i know works.

also here is the out put of the cmd

Code:

bender:/home/gserver # ls -l /bin/bash

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 490716 Sep 10 01:42 /bin/bash

bender:/home/gserver #

On Windows, you could try using a professional editor rather than notepad or wordpad (that won't do syntax highlighting).
Try something like TextPad or UltraEdit. You can try them for free, but have to pay for a license.

As for vim, it shouldn't put everything in just one colour. My vim recognizes my scripts and source code just fine and highlights the syntax correctly. If that's not the case for you, I'd recommend you taking a look at your syntax. Maybe you've accidentally commented out everything or disabled syntax highlighting?

If you want other editors then vim, try using a graphical one, like gedit, nedit, kedit, etc.
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