EZ question on cmds and files

[mace]

OK Ive looked around but can't seen to find the answer.
I want to combine several scripts into one.
I can do it by putting all the scripts into 1 file and execute it.
BUT can I have a script/file that executes all the scripts I want to combine?

thanks
mace

[techieMoe]

OK Ive looked around but can't seen to find the answer.
I want to combine several scripts into one.
I can do it by putting all the scripts into 1 file and execute it.
BUT can I have a script/file that executes all the scripts I want to combine?

thanks
mace

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but here goes. Yes, you can write a shell script that runs a series of commands. Those commands can be other scripts. For example:

#!/bin/bash

nameofscript1
nameofscript2
nameofscript3
nameofscript4

[mace]

Thanks TM but now I have another question, which I should have asked before.
Each preceding scripts needs the previous script to finish( s1 is a shutdown, s2 is a backup/zip of s1, and s3 is the restarting of the db)

I know I can put a sleep in between each script name but that dosen't ensure the previous step finished.

How can I overcome this?

thanks
Mace

[techieMoe]

Thanks TM but now I have another question, which I should have asked before.
Each preceding scripts needs the previous script to finish( s1 is a shutdown, s2 is a backup/zip of s1, and s3 is the restarting of the db)

I know I can put a sleep in between each script name but that dosen't ensure the previous step finished.

How can I overcome this?

thanks
Mace

That's a good question, to which I do not know the answer. Hang in there; I'm sure someone else does.

[devils casper]

I experimented on this problem.
main.sh

#!/bin/bash
./first.sh
./second.sh 
exit

first.sh

#!/bin/bash
i=0
while [ "$i" -lt 3 ]
do
  echo "first"
  sleep 2
  i=`expr $i + 1`
done

second.sh

#!/bin/bash
i=0
while [ "$i" -lt 3 ]
do
  echo "second"
  sleep 2
  i=`expr $i + 1`
done

When I executed main.sh, output is

first
first
first
second
second
second

It means, second.sh got executed only when first.sh exited.

[mace]

Thank you. I'll give it a shot today

mace