The ABS guide http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ and the GNU bash manual http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/ should help On 08 May 2009, at 6:58 PM, MHR wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle > <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I need to write a script that I will manually start (or a cron job in >> future) but I need it to do a number of things in order one after >> another. How do i do that so everything gets dont as the steps >> depend >> on each other. >> > > If you're asking these kinds of questions, a basic primer on how to > use bash, and shell scripting in general, seems to be in order. It > never hurts to have good manuals around if you are not thoroughly > familiar with a particular paradigm, and it makes for handy reference > in the future. You will (and did) get lots of help here, but you'll > run into more and mroe of this as you go, and these kinds of issues > are frequently covered in detail in a good manual. > > FTR, no, I don't use a shell manual any more. I've been writing shell > and make scripts for over 20 years, and I still occasionally use the > man page for details that elude me from time to time. Man has been a > great tool for me, for this. > > HTH > > mhr > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos