Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Convenience shell macros

[Jan Hudec]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:48:29 +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Hudec <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Jan> Off the top of my head (not testing it):
>     Jan> trd() {
>     Jan> if [ -r "$1/.arch-ids/=id" ]; then
>     Jan> ID=$(cat "$1/.arch-ids/=id")
>     Jan> rm "$1/.arch-ids/=id" &&
>     Jan> rmdir "$1/.arch-ids" &&
>     Jan> rmdir "$1" ||
>     Jan> tla add --id "$ID" "$1"
>     Jan> else
>     Jan> rmdir "$1"
>     Jan> fi
>     Jan> }
> 
> Works great!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> The only change I had to do was to insert "-f" in the rm command, as
> otherwise it will prompt me if I really want to remove the file (I
> have rm aliased to "rm -i").

You better quote the command then -- 'rm' -- so it still complains if
the file can't be deleted.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec 
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