On 6/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an if statement, something like: > > if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then > tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home > fi
Try the following: if [ "$day" = "Thu" ]; then tar -cpf /var/backups/homethu.tar /home : fi If you comment out the tar command, the shell will still see the (empty) ":" command, thus keeping "if" happy. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
