Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:17:07 +0100 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "MET" <met@uberstats.com>, "'freebsd-questions-en'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Auto Answering a Command Prompt || Not best the best phrase Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKMEAEJFAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <001d01c2485a$28fc8710$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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You could try moving and/or deleting the file with the -f option prior to running tar, assuming the -f option overrides the request for confirmation. mv -f $ARCHIVED $ARCHIVED.$$ tar cjf $ARCHIVED Gunks_Ads.txt && rm -f $ARCHIVED.$$ - Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Email: barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com Web: www.wbtsystems.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of MET > Sent: 20 August 2002 15:59 > To: 'freebsd-questions-en' > Subject: Auto Answering a Command Prompt || Not best the best phrase > > > The host I'm using has a little built in system to auto ask the user (no > matter what) if they want to overwrite (y/n) the file they're trying to > save or archive/compress in this case. So every time I run my script is > asks me a question. I need the script to run as a Cronjob at a > ridiculous time in the morning by itself. So I'm trying to force the > 'yes' down its throat, but I don't know how. Here's my current > compression line: > > DATE=`date +%m-%d-%Y`; > ARCHIVED="Gunks_Ads-$DATE.tar.bz2"; > tar cjf ../backups/$ARCHIVED ../backups/Gunks_Ads.txt; > > So...how do I stuff a 'yes' down its throat after the last command > above? > > > ~ Matthew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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