Re: [TCLUG:2222] How do I debug?

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Ben,

Did you forget a closing "/' somewhere? That's the most common cause I've
seen of this error. That's all I could guess without looking at the
script.. feel free to post it if you want me to look at it for you.

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Nate Carlson
The Infinite Loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Ben Luey wrote:

> I'm trying to write a bash script that will replace the rm command with a
> script to move  files / directories to /home/delete/username/. I got
> the basics setup, but I'm getting "unexpected EOF while looking for '"'"
> and I don't know how to debug. I've tried #ing out if's and then's
> until it works, but this has only taught be that the first if then works
> and the rest of iterated ones don't. I don't know what I'm looking for
> (what does that error mean?) so I'm at a loss as what to do. Could 
> someone show be how to look for the problem?  Thanks!
> 
> Note: the wacky sed command to replace "--" with dumbgrep is because grep
> can't search for "--", and I need the script to notice -- because
> otherwise --force triggers recursive and other problems. I believe the
> concept is write, although I haven't been able to test it. 
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Ben 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397
> 
> I'm visualizing the conceptualization process. That's that hard part.
>      -- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 
> 
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