Running bash shell in Maemo

Question

I have attempted to run the following bash script on my internet tablet (Nokia N810 running on Maemo Linux). However, it doesn't seem that it is running, and I have no clue of what's wrong with this script (it runs on my Ubuntu system if I change the directories). It would be great to receive some feedback on this or similar experiences of this issue. Thanks.

WORKING="/home/user/.gpe"
SVNPATH="/media/mmc1/gpe/"

cp calendar categories contacts todo $WORKING

Answer 1

What actually happens when you run your script? It's helpful if you include details of error messages or behavior that differs from what's expected and in what way.

If $WORKING contains the name of a directory, hidden or not, then the cp should copy those four files into it. Then ls -l /home/user/.gpe should show them plus whatever else is in there, regardless of whether it's "hidden".

By the way, the initial dot in a file or directory name doesn't really "hide" the entry, it's just that ls and echo * and similar commands don't show them, while these do:

ls -la
ls -d .*
ls -d {.*,*}
echo .*
echo {.*,*}

Answer 2

The bash cp command can copy multiple sources to a single destination, if it's a directory.

Does the directory /home/user/.gpe exist?

Bear in mind that the leading dot in the name can make it hidden unless you use ls -a

I tried your commands in cygwin:

But I used .gpe instead of /home/user/.gpe

I did a touch calendar categories contacts todo to create the files.

It worked fine.

Answer 3

If that's the entirety of your script, it's missing two. possible three, things:

• A shebang line, such as #!/bin/sh at the start
• Use of $SVNPATH. You probably want to cd $SVNPATH before the cp command. Your script should not assume the current working directory is correct.
• Possibly execute permission on the script: chmod a+x script

Answer 4

Do you already have the /home/user/.gpe directory present? And also, try adding a -R parameter so that the directories are copied recursively.