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./cpafter.sh -v -a 20100426 -s test-dir/ -t test-target
date: settimeofday (timezone): Operation not permitted
date: settimeofday (timezone): Operation not permitted
./cpafter.sh: line 91: (( – ) / 60 / 60 / 24) – 1: syntax error: operand expected (error token is “) / 60 / 60 / 24) – 1″)

copying from /Users/mani/Downloads/cpafter/test-dir
to /Users/mani/Downloads/cpafter/test-target

find: -daystart: unknown option
find: -daystart: unknown option

thank you!


. ./myscript


The script doesn’t have to be executable.

The reason you need to do this is because of the parent-child relationship in Unix processes. The environment of the child can’t be seen by the parent, so when you execute a script, you are creating a new process with a copy of the parent’s environment. When the child dies, the child’s environment dies as well leaving you back to where you started.

Using an include, as shown above, you are simply saying to the shell, execute these commands as though you had typed them in your current environment. The script, when included, doesn’t need to be executable, doesn’t need any shell magic declaration at the top, but does need to be written in the same shell language as the one you’re in when calling it.

Cheers,
Mario

I’m not sure that this would be a problem for others,
but I just figured I should give something back.

The src file directory gets changed to the curdir,
but that didn’t work for me. Here are the changes i made:

# copy_it.sh
# ...
curdir=$PWD		#from_dir

#regex -- does string start with dot slash?
src_file=${from_file}
if [[ ! "$from_file" =~ ^\./ ]]; then
	from_file="./$from_file"  #in case only a filename was given
fi
# ...

#cp -pdf "$curdir/$from_file" "$to_dir/$from_file"
cp -pdf "$src_file" "$to_dir/$from_file" 

Thanks,
timr

can anybody help how and what script shall i make that can show me the updated/modified files in windows.