Bash Script

[OOzy Pal]

Alright!! It is working perfect with Karl Auer script.

Thank you all.

OOzy


On 10/24/06, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Karl,
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 23:11 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 13:38 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > > > Good call, but the code is still broken, because the problem was not
> > > > only with printf, but also with the expansion of $Num in "Num=$((Num
> > > > +1));"
> > >
> > > Why is this broken in my version? $Num never gets leading zeros with my
> > > code, so far as I can see, although I no longer have the original, so I
> > > could be missing something.
> >
> > Did you make your suggested change and run the script ten times?
>
> I have to admit I did not.
>
> > Then I applied your changes and tried again. The same symptoms on the
> > tenth loop! Why? Because 07 (octal) plus 1 is 8 (decimal). When $Num is
> > 07, the addition (correctly) gives 8, but the next time around, that 8
> > comes from a directory prefix and looks like "08". It is *presented*
> > that way in the addition. The addition fails, seeing an invalid octal
> > number, so $Num still contains "08". That's what printf then sees, and
> > printf complains for the same reason.
>
> OK, I understand. I've just looked at the original again on Gmane and
> you are, of course, quite right.
>
> I should really test code before posting!
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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