Introduction to UNIX/Linux
3 credits
| Filename accepted as a command line argument | 2 |
| Error expressed if no command line argument given | 2 |
| File existence tested | 2 |
| Error expressed if file does not exist | 2 |
| Collection directory's existence tested | 2 |
| Collection directory created if it didn't exist | 2 |
| Specified file copied into the collection directory | 6 |
| Comments included in code | 2 |
| Total | 20 pts |
To create a simple shell script
Write a shell script called "collect" that will:
Accept the name of a file as a command line argument. If a command line argument isn't given, display an error message and quit.
If an argument is given, test to confirm that the argument is the name of a file in the working directory. If the file exists, copy it to a "collection" directory. If the file doesn't exist, display an error and exit.
The collection directory should be a directory called collection located below the current users home directory. Test for the existence of the collection directory and if it doesn't exist, create it before copying the file.
Document you program by adding comments to it and leave the script in your bin directory for grading.