Hi friends,

I'm using this script to compress a folder in a directory. I found that script only suitable for a folder name which not containing space (eg freelancers). But it won't work if this folder name is containing a space (free lancers). I would like to make this script more flexible, no matter what kind of folder name, it also work. So do you all have any idea? Thank you!!



for folder in *
do
# Compress any folder found in the directories
if [ -d $folder ]
then
tar zcvf $folder.tgz $folder
rm -r $folder
else
echo “No folder was found,program is exiting..................”
fi
done

>> if [ -d "$folder" ]
>> then
>> tar zcvf "$folder".tgz "$folder"
>> rm -r "$folder"
>> else
>> echo “No folder was found,program is exiting..................”
>> fi
>> done

If you put quotes round the variable folder you should be able to handle any directory name.

Chris.

Thanks Chris you are the man..the script that you teach is working well. Thanks a lot!