I find it more ...funny... written like this
one line for each directory to exclude, no need to edit/change their names,
just note the leading \ on the last one
#!/bin/sh
call="find $(echo '\
/mnt/dosc/windows
/mnt/dosc/Program Files
/mnt/dosc/rom_zips\
' | while read line
do
echo "-path
Lynne, thanks for the info...your script produces what I need, except
that my arguments are not on separate lines. However, I have managed to
write the following script that allows "Program\_Files" to be passed as
'Program Files' to find. Especially important was the eval ($call)
(also thanks to
On 21:32 18 Feb 2002, Lynne Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| eval $call
It is better, generally, to write:
eval "$call"
In this instance it doesn't really matter because the words in
$call will be split up on the whitespace and stuck back together
with spaces, and will effectively
Kirk,
Try something like the following - this works for me. The set -x provides a
"trace" and should be removed for actual use.
#!/bin/sh
set -x
paths_to_exclude='/tmp/dir1/Program Files
/tmp/fileobJEbT-rep-tarfh
/tmp/orbit*
/tmp/quickenw'
call=`echo "$paths_to_exclude" | ( stuff=
while re
I am trying to get a list of /mnt/dosc excluding "Program Files" and
"quickenw" from within this script. This is a stripped down version of
what would normally include variables, but it illustrates the concept.
Here is the script:
#!/bin/sh
paths_to_exclude="/mnt/dosc/Program?Files /mnt/dosc/qu
