Simple shell script problem...

I am trying to get a list of directories on a remote machine, compare them with the directories on the local machine and copy any that dont match on the local machine to a backup folder. Heres my code but i am a newbie and i cant get my shell script to read from a file. The for loop never executes so i am guessing i am not reading the file correctly - see below.
#!/bin/ksh
ssh -l removeserver 192.168.xxx.xxx ls /remote/server/directory/ > /store/remote/directory/listing/motapp1files.txt
newfile=''
$newfile < /store/remote/directory/listing/motapp1files.txt
for file in $newfile;
do echo $file
if [ ! -d local/machine/directories/$file/ ]; then
echo "this folder doesnt exist on on remote server "; echo $file;
fi
done

Re-inventing the wheel perhaps. Look into rsync. Great program!
I used it in FreeBSD to do a very similar task.

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Hi,
I am an Applescript novice and have been trying to write a code to go to a particular folder, look for all files in the folder tree with extension .m2v and run an executable file to decode them. My problem is that when I run my code (containing do shell script), it searches through all files and folders on Mac HD and starts decoding .m2v files elsewhere that I don't want.
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The root of the problem is that you're trying to quote the cd command for some reason:
<pre class=command>do shell script " \" cd \" & (POSIX path of (result as text));
...</pre>
In addition to that you're including the & (POSIX path of (result as text)) as part of the shell command whereas this should be OUTSIDE of the quotes in order to get evaluated
If you work that through you'll end up with a shell command that looks like:
<pre class=command>" cd " & (POSIX path of (result as text))</pre>
If you try to run that in a terminal you'll get a cd : command not found error and that's why the rest of it appears to fail.
The solution to that one is simple - just don't bother quoting the cd and put the POSIX path stuff outside of the quotes to get it evaluated at runtime:
<pre class=command>do shell script "cd " & quoted form of POSIX path of (FolderInQuestion as text)) & ";
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Now, as for the rest of the script there are a few things I would change.
First, unless you need to know the index, don't do:
>repeat for SomeVar from 1 to NumFolders
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the issue is that the number of folders to process may change during the script's execution (other processes may create or remove folders). This will, at best, cause some folders to be skipped and, at worst, cause the script to fail.
If you're iterating through a list, the best option is to just:
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This automatically sets the iterator (in this case, FolderInQuestion, to the first item in the list and increments it for each iteration through the loop.
Secondly, in your shell script itself, scrub the entire do/done loop. You're already using find, so have that do the hard work using the -exec switch:
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Note that I've used 'quoted form of POSIX path' - this takes care of any shell-unsafe characters like spaces in the path name. I've also used \\; for the -exec switch - this is so that AppleScript passes the \ to the shell command rather than using it for its own escaping.
But you're not done yet!
There's still one fatal flaw in this process - and that is the fact that find by default, is recursive - it will walk through every directory that it finds.
This means that if you start at the top folder and iterate through, find will find all .mov files and decode them. Your script then cd's to the first subdirectory and repeats the process - decoding all the .mov files in that directory and all its subdirectories even though they've ALREADY been decoded.
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Hi Justin,
Have you tried running the lines from the command line?
The second thing you may want to try is changing the relative directory for the jar file from a relative one to a fixed directory. From the error, it appears that the install program is running but it is not able to locate a library mentioned in the program (which is probably the jar file listed in the classpath).
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Hi,
I'm learning shell script and decided to make a simple script to copy the folder i want from /var/abs to
a new folder so i can build the package. here it is: (remember, i'm new to shell scripting, if you know a better way to do it, you can modify my script
and post here a better solution, so, i (and others) can learn with my errors)
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spoonman wrote: mkdir -p $absolute
cp -r $i $absolute
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You are assuming `mkdir` and `cp` were successful. You should test them to make sure, and exit with failure if not:
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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On that track pane hit the 'Sequencer' button, and it will open in a separate window. In the pane left of the keyboard you can insert your VSTi of choice, and make your MIDI connections.
Back on the Main track pane, engage the 'L' button for Live monitoring. Actual recording (of MIDI) is done in the Sequencer window.
The usual, and recommended workflow is to keep the MIDI tracks 'open', i.e. you can edit the sound in your instrument and even the notes played at any time in the process, compiling the actual audio as the last step in the mixing.
If you kind of 'insist' on doing it the old way, you can export the audio from your recorded MIDI+VSTi creations track by track like this: Leave the Sequencer window open, make a selection in the multitrack that covers the time span you have played. Solo the track (will mute all others), and use File / Export Audio Mixdown. Use 'Master' as the source. This will give you a wave rendering of what's currently in the MIDI sequencer. Qualitywise this is better since it's all internal and digital instead of in/out of soundcards with DA/AD conversion etc.
I haven't found a method for a 'live' wave recording while you play, but there may be one...
If you purchase Audition it comes with Help files explaining this in more/better detail. ;)

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