Bash script clobbers something vital (lucid)

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 22:10 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I've been tweaking a backup script.

Post the script.

> The shell logic seems okay.  If I reboot the system and fsck the
> backup drive, all seems working.  If I comment out all of the commands
> that worked, running the shell starts computing the md5sum's okay.

Are you saying that the drive is dead until you reboot, then the drive
becomes mountable again and no data has been lost?

Regards, K.

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