On Wednesday 22 June 2005 14:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I have an if statement, something like: > > if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then > tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home > fi > > If I decide to pound out the tar command, then the script > will error and it won't continue on. > Is it possible to pound out the tar command and still leave the if > statement intact? even though there is no command to do. > > Thanks! > Mike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
You have to have something for the shell to run. Try setting a new variable to 1 or some such silly-ness and it will work. Or else you have to comment out the entire if statement. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
