Re: Master rsync script for many file servers

Geoffrey Scott wrote:
> David wrote:
> 
> Hi David, that's really useful.  Can I ask a few things about how/ why
> you've done things? Or can you point me to some docs where I can RTFM
> for the answer.
> 
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
> 
> Why do you call env with bash as an argument?  In what way is it better
> than just #!/bin/bash ?  
> 

Makes your script portable, /usr/bin/env exists on all OS's - will cause
/usr/bin/env to search for bash instead of setting explicitly, just in
case that bash(1) lives in /usr/local/bin for example.

>>
>> for host in ${HOSTS} ; do
> 
> When you expand variables why do you use curly braces?
> 

Just habit from korn shell days, you can use curly braces or double
quotes to expand a variable - everyone has different scripting styles.

> 
>> HIH.
> 
> Yes it will.  Cheers!
> 

David.