Shell script deleting oracle backup?

Mirge · 03-08-2010, 01:27 AM

First of all, hi to all!

My problem is..

I setup linux script to delete my backups older than few days:
RBRDAN=`date –date=”3 days ago” +%w`

rm /u02/oracle/backup/rman/$RBRDAN/*

But, I got error:
rm: cannot remove `/u02/oracle/backup/rman/6\r/*’: No such file or directory

For some reason, it gives me “\r” at the end of the day. Instead of “6″, it gives me “6\r”.
Does anybody know what is the problem?

p.s. Backup files are on storage and scriipt is running on the database server..

Thanks.

catkin · 03-08-2010, 01:41 AM

Was the script created in Windows? AFAIK \r represents a carriage return. If the file was created in Windows the line would end in carriage return and line feed. Linux uses only line feed for end of line so the carriage return is part of the line in the script.

If so you can use the fromdos command to remove the carriage return or you should be able to hide the unwanted carriage return in a comment:

Code:

RBRDAN=`date –date=”3 days ago” +%w` # A comment to hide this guy ==>

Mirge · 03-10-2010, 01:21 PM

Thank you catkin. It solves my problem. Once more thank you..