On 14 Nov 2002 at 10:43, Gilles Detillieux wrote: > According to Dan Langille: > > On 13 Nov 2002 at 21:48, Gilles Detillieux wrote: > > > According to Dan Langille: > > > > I have indexed a mailing list archive. My next goal is to > > > > nightly update that index by indexing the entire month's archive > > > > and then merging that into the main database. At present, there > > > > are about 4 years of data. I'm seeking comments on my approach. > > > > > > You may also want to have a look at how we do it for the > > > htdig-general and htdig-dev archives: > > > > > > http://www.htdig.org/files/contrib/scripts/README.geoupdate-ungeoi > > > fy http://www.htdig.org/files/contrib/scripts/geoupdate.sh > > > > At the end of the script is the following: > > > > (cd $dbdir && mv db.words.db{.work,} && mv db.docs.index{.work,} && > > cp -p db.docdb{.work,}) > > > > Which produces this: > > usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target > > mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory > > > > That doesn't work under FreeBSD /bin/sh. Which /bin/sh is that > > from? > > Linux systems use Bash as the standard shell, which has some > extensions over what the standard Bourne shell has, the parsing of {,} > lists being one of them. (Bash borrowed this syntax from Csh, as did > Ksh I think.) Just expand these manually yourself in your script, and > your shell should be happy. E.g.: > > mv db.words.db{.work,} --> mv db.words.db.work db.words.db > > Either that or use a different shell to parse your script.
Hmmm, for shell scripts, especially those distributed to third parties, it's usually safer to use the standard /bin/sh for everything. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
