Roland RoLaNd wrote: > > i'm writing a certain script which does a specific task in a repetitive > manner, i'm going to give a similar script with the same concept hope you > could advise me to a better way: > > USER1="roland" > USER2="dany" > USER3="kevin" > > cp -r /opt/$USER1/test /backup/$USER1 > cp -r /opt/$USER2/test /backup/$USER2 <snip> Guy, if you're a real sysadmin, and not just doing this at home, you *really* need to take a basic programming course. The first week or two would have told you about what are called "control structures". mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos