Backup Package: backup p7 fails with error message "/bin/bash:: Too many arguments"
- Article Type: General
- Product: Primo
Problem Symptoms:
-- Start backup type p7 (Primo publishing data) by entering the following command as UNIX user root:
# /exlibris/backup/scripts/exec_backup_main p7
-- The backup fails and the following error message appears in the log file prm_pub_p7_Detail_<date>_
Cause:
Line 8 of the script primo_pub in the Backup Package includes the following obvious mistake:
1 #!/bin/csh -f
2 echo ".................................................."
3 echo "Begin $BKP_TYPE backup of $ORACLE_SID at `date`"
4 echo ".................................................."
5 set files_no_slash = `echo $PRM_PUB | sed 's/^\///'`
6 cd /
7 echo "DOING :tar -cvf -" $files_no_slash " | $GZIPEX | split -b2000m - ${DEVICE}.gz_"
8 /bin/bash: q: command not found
9 if ($status == 0) then
10 setenv STATUS 0
[...]
Resolution:
Remove the following line from the script primo_pub:
/bin/bash: q: command not found
Additional Information
A fix for the bug in the script primo_pub has been requested.
Category: Backup & Restore - Primo
Subject: Primo
- Article last edited: 3/18/2014