[CentOS] bash script reading directory with while and do

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Elias Persson wrote:
> On 2014-05-25 12:08, Paolo De Michele wrote:> !/bin/bash
>  >
>  > while read line;
>  > do
>  >          read NR PATH NAME<<<$(IFS=" "; echo $line)
>  >
>  >          cd /var/www/clients/
>  >          cp -R $PATH /backup/temp/www/
>  >          cd /backup/temp/www/
>  >
>  >          tar cfz `date +%F`_$NAME.tar.gz web$NR/
>  >          mv *.tar.gz /backup/www/test/
>  >          rm -rf /backup/temp/www/*
>  >
>  > done < sites.txt
>
Dumb question: why not
while read line;
do
     read NR PATH NAME<<<$(IFS=" "; echo $line)
     cd /var/www/clients/
     tar -czf /backup/www/test/`date +%F`_$NAME.tar.gz web$NR/
done < sites.txt

> A few things:
<snip>
> 3. Your `tar` stanza is wrong (if it's not obvious to you why that is,
>     now is a good time to make a habit of using long options
>     (e.g. `--gzip`) whenever possible).

Why long?
<snip>
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