Wow - speedy response for a friday afternoon, >From many people, - Thanks u all esp' Ramji 'script is attempting to interpolate a variable called $duf. In fact, you want a variable called $d concatenated with a string "uf". You express this as: ufsdump ${d}uf /dev ....' so edited as ufsdump ${d}uf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/md/dsk/d50 oh - io also got my source and dump devise wrong way round ! - going home now . ............................................ Helo, can someone please advise what is wrong with below, #!/bin/ksh set -x d=`date | awk '{print $1}'` echo $d case $d in "Mon") d="1" ;; "Tue") d="2" ;; "Wed") d="3" ;; "Thu") d="4" ;; "Fri") d="5" ;; "Sat") d="6" ;; "Sun") d="0" ;; esac echo $d ufsdump $duf /dev/md/dsk/d50 /dev/rmt/0 when run the ufsdump switchs are ignored, + + awk {print $1} + date d=Fri + echo Fri Fri + d=5 + echo 5 5 + ufsdump /dev/md/dsk/d50 /apps1/dump DUMP: Bad option `/' DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. TIA Laurence humble poor scripter For low fares and great deals on hotels, car hire and travel insurance visit http://www.aerlingus.com of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the material. ******************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Fri Oct 29 11:08:29 2004
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