[soup4you2]

Ok for some reason this script is not working.. and i was hoping somebody could point out my error.. if i run

root1=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $3 }'` ; echo $root1

it works from the cmd line.. but not inside the script.. $root1-7 are not being passed..

function sec_4 {
root1=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $3 }'`
root2=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $4 }'`
root3=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $5 }'`
root4=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $6 }'`
root5=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $7 }'`
root6=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $8 }'`
root7=`roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/" | echo $roots | awk '{ print $9 }'`


if [ "$root1" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root1
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root2" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root2
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root3" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root3
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root4" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root4
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root5" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root5
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root6" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root6
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
if [ "$root7" = "" ]; then
sec_4_done
fi
cd /$CHROOTS/$root7
 for file in `find usr/ -type f `; do
  if [ /$file -nt $file ]; then
    cp -v /$file $file
  fi
done 
sec_done
}

[soup4you2]

resolved..

roots="ls -d $CHROOTS/*/"
root1=$(echo $roots | awk '{ print $3 }')

[lynch]

Hey,soup4you2.
Just curious;what's this script do?
lynch

[codejockey]

Just a quick note: I believe echo does not read from stdin; attempting to pipe to echo produces undefined results (e.g., on many BSD-based systems, it used to reset your pgroup!). Note that the revised script avoids this problem.

I believe the intent of the script is to locate a directory tree below $CHROOTS (previously defined), and compare contents with those in the /usr directory. If the $CHROOTS-based file is newer than the root version, the $CHROOTS-based file is copied to root. The script might be, for example, a way to update a new installation of Linux with customized files from a previous installation.

Just my $0.02 within $0.05 rounding error ... ()

[lynch]

Thanks for the answer,codejockey.(I forgot I asked )
lynch

[codejockey]

Well, it may be an answer, but it doesn't mean it's right () ... I figure soup4you2 can enlighten us both ...