From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NN25N-0001db-J5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:35:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AEBEFE08F2; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPaqm5.telefonica.net (impaqm5.telefonica.net [213.4.129.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40EB7E08F2 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPmailhost2.adm.correo ([10.20.102.39]) by IMPaqm5.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id LA9w1d00x0r0BT63RAadRV; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:34:37 +0100 Received: from jesgue.homelinux.org ([78.136.66.163]) by IMPmailhost2.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id LAac1d0063XLmEe1iAacd8; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:34:37 +0100 X-TE-authinfo: authemail="i92guboj.terra.es" |auth_email="i92guboj@terra.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitera01" Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:34:34 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jes=C3=BAs_Guerrero?= To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Writing a bash script or thinking about it anyway. In-Reply-To: <4B303B5D.2060400@gmail.com> References: <4B303B5D.2060400@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6155bd0861f00c277e49c2b0b8028c17@localhost> X-Sender: i92guboj@terra.es User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.3.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7d72133a-af3d-4675-bf3d-9059e7884895 X-Archives-Hash: b24e72dc92d01f84d0ea24da4a327661 On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:05 -0600, Dale wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > Me again. I'm thinking about writing a bash script that backs up my=20 > /home directory. I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and=20 > muddy up the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with=20 > the bash Gentoo uses? Links to a even better guide would be good too. = =20 > The guide I found is here: >=20 > http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ The advanced bash scripting guide will be equally valid nowadays as it wa= s when it was first written. A few minor edges have changed in bash in the latest times, but you are unlikely to get touched by these unless you are using some rare feature. After all, bash is compatible with the original bourne shell to a big extent, and that part of its behavior never changes= . If you truly want to learn bash, I say go for it and come back when/if yo= u have some problem. --=20 Jes=C3=BAs Guerrero