[NTLUG:Discuss] Script question

[Chris & Angela Cox]

Rick Matthews wrote:
> 
> Wow, thanks for all the answers! I'm just now getting a chance to work
> through them.
> 
> Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> > This is somewhat unique to your situtation, due to your file naming..
> > but you can probably safely eval the statements prior to execution.
> > Don't quote the arguments to echo below....
> >
> 
> I can modify the naming convention, if that will help. How would you
> name them? Before you answer that question, you need to know a few
> additional facts:
> 

Sorry... I wasn't clear... there's not a problem in your
particular case because the extra level of evaluation done in
the shell will not have adverse side-effects.

> #- The create_domains_file job may not run for several days, or it may
> run more than once in a day.
> 
> #- The use_domains_file job runs independently of the file creation job,
> and runs once or twice a day. It uses the "current" domains* file,
> selected by the '0'.
> 
> #- Much of the data used in the create_domains_file job is received from
> outside sources. Occasionally, I find out that the data supplied by the
> outside sources was incorrectly selected (but it seems that is never
> discovered until after the use_domains_file job has run on the bad
> data). Today I delete the '0' file, roll back the '1' file to '0', and
> rerun the use_domains_file job. The current naming convention allows an
> easy roll back and easy identification of the creation date/time of the
> now-current file.
> 
> I'll entertain any suggestions of alternate naming conventions.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Rick
> 
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