On December 14, 2003 10:28 am, Mysterons Web Design wrote: > Hi, > > I need to run a script (that I can run via cron) to rename a file from its > existing name to its new name - but I dont have a clue how to do it - can > anyone help? > > basically I have a file called index.new that I want to become index.html > > > Thanks in advance! > > Joe Hi Joe, how about something like: #!/bin/bash OLD_INDEX=/var/www/html/index.html NEW_INDEX=/var/www/html/index.new if [ $NEW_INDEX -a $OLD_INDEX ]; then mv -f $NEW_INDEX $OLD_INDEX fi If the two files exist, this will force the new file to replace the old file leaving only index.html (with the contents of index.new) -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
