0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:

./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
not expected.

Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.

Thanks!

[1] - pseudo-code

'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
were modified/created since the last run of this script;
(example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
While .txt files remain on the list;
Get a .txt file name;
If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
directory Then
Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
directory;
Else
Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
directory;
Endif
If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
directory Then
Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
Endif
Endwhile
# need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
the directory 1
'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
casa/dir1
While .txt file remain on the list;
Get a .txt file name;
Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
directory Then
Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
Endif
Endwhile
Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;


[2] - code (written so far)

+8 PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
+9 DATE="`date +"%b%d%Y-%H%M"`"
+10 LOG=/home/casa/txt.log
+11 EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
+12 NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
+13 NWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"
+15 #PCKFL=${NWFILES%%\n}
+16
+17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
+18 for list in $NWFILES; do
+19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
then
+20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
+21 cp $files $NTSDIR
+22 else
+23 cp $files $NTSDIR
+24 fi
+25 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list.ft -type
d ]]; then
+26 rm -R $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/"
$files`.ft
+27 fi
+28 done
+29 done
+30
+31 #find $NTSDIR -name *.nsf ! $EPBSDIR
+32
+33 touch $PIDFILE

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> not expected.
>
> Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1] - pseudo-code
>
> 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> While .txt files remain on the list;
> Get a .txt file name;
> If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> directory Then
> Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> directory;
> Else
> Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> directory;
> Endif
> If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> directory Then
> Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> Endif
> Endwhile
> # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> the directory 1
> 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> casa/dir1
> While .txt file remain on the list;
> Get a .txt file name;
> Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> directory Then
> Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> Endif
> Endwhile
> Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
>
> [2] - code (written so far)
>

> +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do

Why the while loop? It will never end.
You certainly want

if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
....
....
fi

and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
because the for will run zero times on an empty list.

> +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> then
> +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> +22 else
> +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> +24 fi


You maybe want

shortfnam=${files##*/}
if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
fi
cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"

Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
because cp will overwrite an existing file.

The entire section could be written as:

(
# get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
) |
while read -r shortfnam
do
cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
done


--
Michael Tosch @ hp : com

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On Dec 18, 6:50 pm, Michael Tosch
wrote:
> Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> > I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> > found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> > ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> > not expected.
>
> > Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > [1] - pseudo-code
>
> > 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> > were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> > (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> > lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> > While .txt files remain on the list;
> > Get a .txt file name;
> > If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > directory Then
> > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > directory;
> > Else
> > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > directory;
> > Endif
> > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > directory Then
> > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > Endif
> > Endwhile
> > # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> > the directory 1
> > 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> > casa/dir1
> > While .txt file remain on the list;
> > Get a .txt file name;
> > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > directory Then
> > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > Endif
> > Endwhile
> > Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
> > [2] - code (written so far)
>
> > +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
>
> Why the while loop? It will never end.
> You certainly want
>
> if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
> ...
> ...
> fi
>
> and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
> because the for will run zero times on an empty list.
>
> > +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> > then
> > +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> > +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > +22 else
> > +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > +24 fi
>
> You maybe want
>
> shortfnam=${files##*/}
> if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> fi
> cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
>
> Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
> because cp will overwrite an existing file.
>
> The entire section could be written as:
>
> (
> # get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
> cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
> find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
> ) |
> while read -r shortfnam
> do
> cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
> shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> done
>
> --
> Michael Tosch @ hp : com

Thanks Mike! It worked fine (mainly the shortfnam=${files##*/} trick,
very cool!).

Here's how my code is looking like so far (and working as expected!):

PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
NEWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"

if [[ -n $NEWFILES ]]; then
for files in $NEWFILES; do
shortfnam=${files##*/}
if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
else
cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
fi
shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
if [[ -d "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam" ]]; then
rm -fR "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
fi
done
fi

touch $PIDFILE

Now, what I'm trying to achieve is: find .txt files (and relative .ft
directories) on the $NTSDIR that doesn't exist on the $EPBSDIR.

Here is the find command I tried:

find $NTSDIR -name "*.txt" \! "$EPBSDIR/*.txt"

But it doesn't seem to work. Any hints on that?

Thanks again,
-- web_knows

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On 20 Dez., 15:28, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
wrote:
> On Dec 18, 6:50 pm, Michael Tosch
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> > > I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> > > found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> > > ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> > > not expected.
>
> > > Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > > [1] - pseudo-code
>
> > > 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> > > were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> > > (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> > > lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> > > While .txt files remain on the list;
> > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > directory Then
> > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > directory;
> > > Else
> > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > directory;
> > > Endif
> > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > directory Then
> > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > Endif
> > > Endwhile
> > > # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> > > the directory 1
> > > 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> > > casa/dir1
> > > While .txt file remain on the list;
> > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > directory Then
> > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > Endif
> > > Endwhile
> > > Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
> > > [2] - code (written so far)
>
> > > +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
>
> > Why the while loop? It will never end.
> > You certainly want
>
> > if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
> > ...
> > ...
> > fi
>
> > and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
> > because the for will run zero times on an empty list.
>
> > > +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> > > then
> > > +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> > > +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > +22 else
> > > +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > +24 fi
>
> > You maybe want
>
> > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > fi
> > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
>
> > Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
> > because cp will overwrite an existing file.
>
> > The entire section could be written as:
>
> > (
> > # get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
> > cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
> > find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
> > ) |
> > while read -r shortfnam
> > do
> > cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
> > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > done
>
> > --
> > Michael Tosch @ hp : com
>
> Thanks Mike! It worked fine (mainly the shortfnam=${files##*/} trick,
> very cool!).
>
> Here's how my code is looking like so far (and working as expected!):
>
> PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
> EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
> NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
> NEWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"
>
> if [[ -n $NEWFILES ]]; then
> for files in $NEWFILES; do
> shortfnam=${files##*/}
> if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> else
> cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> fi
> shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> if [[ -d "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam" ]]; then
> rm -fR "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> fi
> done
> fi
>
> touch $PIDFILE
>
> Now, what I'm trying to achieve is: find .txt files (and relative .ft
> directories) on the $NTSDIR that doesn't exist on the $EPBSDIR.
>
> Here is the find command I tried:
>
> find $NTSDIR -name "*.txt" \! "$EPBSDIR/*.txt"
>
> But it doesn't seem to work. Any hints on that?

Do you intend to connect two conditions?
Then use the 'and' operator -a (and another -name)...

find dir -name file1 -a -name file2

(additionally negating expressions as necessary)

Janis

> Thanks again,
> -- web_knows

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On Dec 20, 1:06 pm, Janis wrote:
> On 20 Dez., 15:28, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 18, 6:50 pm, Michael Tosch
> > wrote:
>
> > > Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> > > > I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> > > > found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> > > > ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> > > > not expected.
>
> > > > Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > [1] - pseudo-code
>
> > > > 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> > > > were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> > > > (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> > > > lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> > > > While .txt files remain on the list;
> > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > directory Then
> > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > directory;
> > > > Else
> > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > directory;
> > > > Endif
> > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > directory Then
> > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > Endif
> > > > Endwhile
> > > > # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> > > > the directory 1
> > > > 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> > > > casa/dir1
> > > > While .txt file remain on the list;
> > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > directory Then
> > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > Endif
> > > > Endwhile
> > > > Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
> > > > [2] - code (written so far)
>
> > > > +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
>
> > > Why the while loop? It will never end.
> > > You certainly want
>
> > > if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > fi
>
> > > and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
> > > because the for will run zero times on an empty list.
>
> > > > +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> > > > then
> > > > +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> > > > +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > +22 else
> > > > +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > +24 fi
>
> > > You maybe want
>
> > > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > > fi
> > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
>
> > > Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
> > > because cp will overwrite an existing file.
>
> > > The entire section could be written as:
>
> > > (
> > > # get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
> > > cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
> > > find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
> > > ) |
> > > while read -r shortfnam
> > > do
> > > cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
> > > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > > rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > > done
>
> > > --
> > > Michael Tosch @ hp : com
>
> > Thanks Mike! It worked fine (mainly the shortfnam=${files##*/} trick,
> > very cool!).
>
> > Here's how my code is looking like so far (and working as expected!):
>
> > PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
> > EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
> > NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
> > NEWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"
>
> > if [[ -n $NEWFILES ]]; then
> > for files in $NEWFILES; do
> > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > else
> > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > fi
> > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > if [[ -d "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam" ]]; then
> > rm -fR "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > fi
> > done
> > fi
>
> > touch $PIDFILE
>
> > Now, what I'm trying to achieve is: find .txt files (and relative .ft
> > directories) on the $NTSDIR that doesn't exist on the $EPBSDIR.
>
> > Here is the find command I tried:
>
> > find $NTSDIR -name "*.txt" \! "$EPBSDIR/*.txt"
>
> > But it doesn't seem to work. Any hints on that?
>
> Do you intend to connect two conditions?
> Then use the 'and' operator -a (and another -name)...
>
> find dir -name file1 -a -name file2
>
> (additionally negating expressions as necessary)
>
> Janis
>
> > Thanks again,
> > -- web_knows

I tried this:

find dir2 -name "*.txt" \! -a "dir1/*.txt"
find: 0652-017 -a is not a valid option.

Also, saw this on the man page:

3 Expression [ -a ] Expression - Concatenation of
expressions (the AND operation is implied by the juxtaposition of two
primaries
or may be explicitly stated as -a).

Regards.

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On 20 Dez., 16:37, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
wrote:
> On Dec 20, 1:06 pm, Janis wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 20 Dez., 15:28, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Dec 18, 6:50 pm, Michael Tosch
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> > > > > I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> > > > > found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> > > > > ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> > > > > not expected.
>
> > > > > Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > [1] - pseudo-code
>
> > > > > 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> > > > > were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> > > > > (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> > > > > lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> > > > > While .txt files remain on the list;
> > > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > > If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > directory Then
> > > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > > directory;
> > > > > Else
> > > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > > directory;
> > > > > Endif
> > > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > directory Then
> > > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > > Endif
> > > > > Endwhile
> > > > > # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> > > > > the directory 1
> > > > > 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> > > > > casa/dir1
> > > > > While .txt file remain on the list;
> > > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > directory Then
> > > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > > Endif
> > > > > Endwhile
> > > > > Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
> > > > > [2] - code (written so far)
>
> > > > > +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
>
> > > > Why the while loop? It will never end.
> > > > You certainly want
>
> > > > if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
> > > > ...
> > > > ...
> > > > fi
>
> > > > and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
> > > > because the for will run zero times on an empty list.
>
> > > > > +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> > > > > then
> > > > > +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> > > > > +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > > +22 else
> > > > > +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > > +24 fi
>
> > > > You maybe want
>
> > > > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > > > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > > > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > > > fi
> > > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
>
> > > > Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
> > > > because cp will overwrite an existing file.
>
> > > > The entire section could be written as:
>
> > > > (
> > > > # get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
> > > > cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
> > > > find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
> > > > ) |
> > > > while read -r shortfnam
> > > > do
> > > > cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
> > > > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > > > rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > > > done
>
> > > > --
> > > > Michael Tosch @ hp : com
>
> > > Thanks Mike! It worked fine (mainly the shortfnam=${files##*/} trick,
> > > very cool!).
>
> > > Here's how my code is looking like so far (and working as expected!):
>
> > > PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
> > > EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
> > > NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
> > > NEWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"
>
> > > if [[ -n $NEWFILES ]]; then
> > > for files in $NEWFILES; do
> > > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > > else
> > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > > fi
> > > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > > if [[ -d "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam" ]]; then
> > > rm -fR "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > > fi
> > > done
> > > fi
>
> > > touch $PIDFILE
>
> > > Now, what I'm trying to achieve is: find .txt files (and relative .ft
> > > directories) on the $NTSDIR that doesn't exist on the $EPBSDIR.
>
> > > Here is the find command I tried:
>
> > > find $NTSDIR -name "*.txt" \! "$EPBSDIR/*.txt"
>
> > > But it doesn't seem to work. Any hints on that?
>
> > Do you intend to connect two conditions?
> > Then use the 'and' operator -a (and another -name)...
>
> > find dir -name file1 -a -name file2
>
> > (additionally negating expressions as necessary)
>
> > Janis
>
> > > Thanks again,
> > > -- web_knows
>
> I tried this:
>
> find dir2 -name "*.txt" \! -a "dir1/*.txt"
> find: 0652-017 -a is not a valid option.
>
> Also, saw this on the man page:
>
> 3 Expression [ -a ] Expression - Concatenation of
> expressions (the AND operation is implied by the juxtaposition of two
> primaries
> or may be explicitly stated as -a).
>
> Regards.

I had proposed to add (besides the conjunction -a) another -name as
in...

find dir -name *.c -a ! -name xyz*

Janis

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On Dec 20, 2:22 pm, Janis wrote:
> On 20 Dez., 16:37, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 20, 1:06 pm, Janis wrote:
>
> > > On 20 Dez., 15:28, "Rivanor Soares (web_knows)"
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > On Dec 18, 6:50 pm, Michael Tosch
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
> > > > > > I started writing the code[2] in ksh for the pseudo-code[1] below, but
> > > > > > found a few "issues". At the beginning, I got this:
>
> > > > > > ./cp2notes.sh[17]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 19 : `$NTSDIR' is
> > > > > > not expected.
>
> > > > > > Any clues on that? Any help on the code is welcomed as well.
>
> > > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > > [1] - pseudo-code
>
> > > > > > 'find' the list of .txt files in the /home/casa/dir1 directory that
> > > > > > were modified/created since the last run of this script;
> > > > > > (example find command -> find /home/casa/dir1 -newer /home/casa/dir1/
> > > > > > lastrun -type f -exec ls *.txt {} \\;)
> > > > > > While .txt files remain on the list;
> > > > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > > > If there is a like named .txt file in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > > directory Then
> > > > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > > > directory;
> > > > > > Else
> > > > > > Copy the /home/casa/dir1 .txt file to the /home/casa/dir2
> > > > > > directory;
> > > > > > Endif
> > > > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > > directory Then
> > > > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > > > Endif
> > > > > > Endwhile
> > > > > > # need to delete .txt/.ft that are in the directory 2 but are not in
> > > > > > the directory 1
> > > > > > 'find' .txt files that are in /home/casa/dir2 but are not in /home/
> > > > > > casa/dir1
> > > > > > While .txt file remain on the list;
> > > > > > Get a .txt file name;
> > > > > > Delete the /home/casa/dir2 .txt file;
> > > > > > If there is a like named .ft directory in the /home/casa/dir2/
> > > > > > directory Then
> > > > > > Delete (recursively) the /home/casa/dir2 .ft directory;
> > > > > > Endif
> > > > > > Endwhile
> > > > > > Touch /home/casa/dir1/lastrun file;
>
> > > > > > [2] - code (written so far)
>
> > > > > > +17 while [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; do
>
> > > > > Why the while loop? It will never end.
> > > > > You certainly want
>
> > > > > if [[ -n $NWFILES ]]; then
> > > > > ...
> > > > > ...
> > > > > fi
>
> > > > > and you can maybe omit the if .. fi clause,
> > > > > because the for will run zero times on an empty list.
>
> > > > > > +19 if [[ -n find $NTSDIR -name $list -type f ]];
> > > > > > then
> > > > > > +20 rm $NTSDIR/`cut -f5 -d"/" $files`
> > > > > > +21 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > > > +22 else
> > > > > > +23 cp $files $NTSDIR
> > > > > > +24 fi
>
> > > > > You maybe want
>
> > > > > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > > > > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > > > > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > > > > fi
> > > > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
>
> > > > > Maybe you can omit the if .. fi
> > > > > because cp will overwrite an existing file.
>
> > > > > The entire section could be written as:
>
> > > > > (
> > > > > # get short filenames by cd'ing and run find on '.'
> > > > > cd "$EPSBDIR" &&
> > > > > find . -newer "$PIDFILE" -type f -name *.txt
> > > > > ) |
> > > > > while read -r shortfnam
> > > > > do
> > > > > cp "$EPSBDIR/$shortfnam" "$NTSDIR"
> > > > > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > > > > rm -Rf "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > > > > done
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Michael Tosch @ hp : com
>
> > > > Thanks Mike! It worked fine (mainly the shortfnam=${files##*/} trick,
> > > > very cool!).
>
> > > > Here's how my code is looking like so far (and working as expected!):
>
> > > > PIDFILE=/home/casa/lastrun
> > > > EPBSDIR=/home/casa/dir1
> > > > NTSDIR=/home/casa/dir2
> > > > NEWFILES="`find $EPBSDIR -newer $PIDFILE -type f -name *.txt`"
>
> > > > if [[ -n $NEWFILES ]]; then
> > > > for files in $NEWFILES; do
> > > > shortfnam=${files##*/}
> > > > if [[ -f "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam" ]]; then
> > > > rm "$NTSDIR/$shortfnam"
> > > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > > > else
> > > > cp "$files" "$NTSDIR"
> > > > fi
> > > > shortdirnam=${shortfnam%%.txt}.ft
> > > > if [[ -d "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam" ]]; then
> > > > rm -fR "$NTSDIR/$shortdirnam"
> > > > fi
> > > > done
> > > > fi
>
> > > > touch $PIDFILE
>
> > > > Now, what I'm trying to achieve is: find .txt files (and relative .ft
> > > > directories) on the $NTSDIR that doesn't exist on the $EPBSDIR.
>
> > > > Here is the find command I tried:
>
> > > > find $NTSDIR -name "*.txt" \! "$EPBSDIR/*.txt"
>
> > > > But it doesn't seem to work. Any hints on that?
>
> > > Do you intend to connect two conditions?
> > > Then use the 'and' operator -a (and another -name)...
>
> > > find dir -name file1 -a -name file2
>
> > > (additionally negating expressions as necessary)
>
> > > Janis
>
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > > -- web_knows
>
> > I tried this:
>
> > find dir2 -name "*.txt" \! -a "dir1/*.txt"
> > find: 0652-017 -a is not a valid option.
>
> > Also, saw this on the man page:
>
> > 3 Expression [ -a ] Expression - Concatenation of
> > expressions (the AND operation is implied by the juxtaposition of two
> > primaries
> > or may be explicitly stated as -a).
>
> > Regards.
>
> I had proposed to add (besides the conjunction -a) another -name as
> in...
>
> find dir -name *.c -a ! -name xyz*
>
> Janis

Sorry, I got it now. But it's not working as expected. (find dir2 -
name "*.txt" -a \! -name "dir1/*.txt"). It is still listing dir2/ txt
files that does exist in the dir1/.
The idea is to the get the list of files that does exist on dir2/ that
does not exist on dir1/.

Thanks,
-- Rivanor.

Re: 0403-057 Syntax error: directory is not expected.

On 2007-12-20, Rivanor Soares (web_knows) wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, I got it now. But it's not working as expected. (find dir2 -
> name "*.txt" -a \! -name "dir1/*.txt"). It is still listing dir2/ txt
> files that does exist in the dir1/.
> The idea is to the get the list of files that does exist on dir2/ that
> does not exist on dir1/.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Rivanor.

"-name" only matches the last part of the filename. If you want to test
for "dir1/*.txt" you either use "-path" in GNU find, use "-prune" to
avoid searching in dir1, or pipe the output of find to another command
such as grep.