Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> > I'm tweaking that script you wrote.  Here's what I have:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > echo Enter DVD filename:
> > read FILENAME
> > mount /dev/cdrom
> > TITLE=$(vobcopy -I 2>&1 | awk '/DVD-name:/ {print $3}')
> > vobcopy -m || exit
> > mkisofs -dvd-video -V $TITLE -o $FILENAME $TITLE || exit
> > rm -rf $TITLE
> > umount /dev/cdrom
> >
> > Can you tell me what purpose the "|| exit" portions serve?
>
> '||' is a logical or. When used to chain commands, as in "cmd1 || cmd2"
> it means run cmd1, if that fails run cmd2 (if the first command succeeds
> and returns true, the OR will alsays be true so there's no need to run
> cmd2). All is does here is exit the script if vobcopy or mkisofs return
> an error, because there'd be no point in continuing.

Got it.

> > Also, how
> > can I run the script by typing /path/to/getdvd?  I've tried:
> >
> > chmod +x getdvd
>
> That should work, assuming you're i the same directory at getdvd. I keep
> my scripts in ~/bin, with the x bits set, and have ~/bin in $PATH, so I
> don't need to give the path to run them.

Here's what I get:

grant@system5 ~ $ ls -l
-rwxrwxrwx 1 grant grant  386 Oct 12 22:24 getdvd
grant@system5 ~ $ getdvd
-bash: getdvd: command not found

I like the sound of your ~/bin setup.  How can I add that to my PATH
permanently?  Is it 'export PATH=~/bin' ?

- Grant
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