Zip file making issues

[Matthew Seaman]

On 21/09/2010 04:53:58, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> As I said in my OP: I could just run a "cd" to the directory parent
> and do it there - that would solve the problem - but that's simply
> too dangerous if the script generator throws an error on the next set
> of commands (a risk I do not want to take).

Um.... changing directory *is* the way to solve this.  Really.

What you can do in a shell script is work in a sub-shell: that way,
even if your zip command goes bananas, you are automatically returned to
your original working directory.  To create a sub-shell, just enclose
your commands in (brackets).

   (
      cd /mount/archive/orders/Sep20/1284343047-Le-ach/ ;
      zip -r
/usr/www/d3photography.com/htdocs/images/paidphotos/1284343047-Le-ach.zip \
          download*
   )

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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