Appologies if you also read this on gslug list.
Excerpted from a backup script (bash) I am writing for my personal use.
$selection is the directory name with leading "/", such as "/home". I
want to strip the "/" from the name to use in the filename of the backup.
example: /home is directory to backup & assigned to $selection
I want Selection to be home (without the /)
I've tried several variations of tr and sed to delete the "/" from the
directory name without success.
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selectd()
{
PS3='directory? '
select selection in $DIR_STACK; do
if [ $selection ]; then
break
else
echo 'ONLY the above entries allowed'
fi
done
}
selectd
#...@#@ this is where I'm having problem
Selection=echo "$selection" | tr -d '/'
# BACKUP is backup device, $Selection becomes part of filename
output="/BACKUP/$Selection.$(date +%d%m%y).bz2" ## directory > filename
echo "Doing full backup, from $selection, saving output to $output"
timestamp="$(date +'%m%d%I%M')"
find $selection -depth -type f -user ${USER:-LOGNAME} | \
pax -w -x cpio | $compress > $output
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Thanks, Tom (retired penguin)
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