RE: Script not terminating properly
"Geoffrey Scott" <[email protected]>
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Russell Shaw wrote: > Geoffrey Scott wrote: >> Russell Shaw wrote: >> >>> Geoffrey Scott wrote: >>> >>>> Hi ppl, >>>> I can't for the life of me figure out why this script below >>>> doesn't finish. Can anyone see what I have done wrong? >>>> >>>> #!/bin/bash >>>> . /usr/local/open-xchange/etc/admintools.conf >>>> >>>> if [ "$1" = "--stop" ] >>>> then... >>> >>> It's easiest to put: echo "passNNN" statements on every few lines. >>> >> >> That's what I did when I stuck in the echo `date` echo "all done" >> >> Lines at the end. It gets to echoing "all done" and then stops. >> This script is actually called from my main backup server, hence the >> --start and --stop. > > Does the script reach the end but then hang instead of exiting? > Yup. See my reply to Will for the script that calls this one. Maybe I am missing something in that one..... Regards Geoff Scott