[grinder182533]

I have a shell script with 4 separate functions taking place, one after the other.
Is there a way to introduce a parameter so that if the job fails, then I can restart it at a specific point in the script ?
Ideally, the default will be null (or 1), so that it will not normally be set, and the script will start at the beginning.
But if the script were to fail between stages 2 and 3, say, then the script could be rerun, with the parameter set to 2.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi grinder,

At the end of the script, put the following line:
exit 0
Construct your script based on a Case statement, where the default starting value is 0 on the value of the case variable, except if the exit code is 1, 2 or 3.
Make your script require one parameter where:
0 value means start from the beginning,
1 means start at the 2nd function (or case),
etc.

Test the exit value of the script, by issuing the command: echo $?
after the script has been run.

When you think about it, this script could be encased in another script, which loops based on the exit value and continue processing until an exit value of 0 is reached or it will loop infinitely (without user interaction.

Don't forget to put a -x at the end of the first line, i.e.: #!/bin/bash -x
in order to debug the script and see what lines are executing as you develop it.

-- Tom