Hi Friends,

I am tring to use cd command in the Unix script.
When this command in executing
cd $Archive_Name
It is not changing the directory instead it is telling
"cd: bad substitution"

Then i tried using
"cd $Archive_Name 1>&2"
now it is telling
"bad file unit number"

Can any one help me how to use cd command in the script.

- kmrs

Can you tell us what is in the $Archive_Name variable?

Also, set -x is very usefull in troubleshooting scripts.


Billy Menasco

Hi Billy Menasco,

Thank you for your reply.

The variable $Archive_Name has the directory to which it has to be changed.

What is the use of set -x?

I am not aware of that,can you explain how to use it.

- kmrs

When added to the top of your script "set -x" enables tracing to allow you to monitor what is being executed inside your script.

For more information try this Google Search for set and tracing.


Billy Menasco

menasco is correct, "cd: bad substitution" means your $Archive_Name variable is not set

Hi,

I also tried by giving the itself like

cd /kmrs/mydir/Test

Now also I got the error and the command was not executed.

Is there any other way of using the cd command in the script.

Please let me now.

- kmrs

Ensure that the directory "/kmrs/mydir/Test" exists.


####### start of script file mycd.sh ####
Archive_Name=/kmrs/mydir/Test
cd $Archive_Name
####### End of script file mycd.sh ####

Execute as follows
. ./mycd.sh


HTH

Like srsjc said, sounds like the directory does not exist. You can have the script test to make sure the directory exists. See below.