Re: [Sheflug] shell script challenge

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ snip everything ... :-) ]

Written for ksh; will this do the job? It seems to work with some really 
really brief testing, so usual disclaimers apply :) The lines that do the 
date manipulation may need some reworking if you're ksh doesn't support it 
(I have ksh93 on the Slack 8 box). If they causes problems, replace them
with:
	oldmonth=$(( ($thismonth + 9) % 12))
	year=$(($year - 1))

Which one goes where is left as an exercise for the reader. Beyond that, 
just make sure the paths in the top few lines look right.

Chris...


#!/bin/ksh

LIST_ROOT="/home/chris/Q"
LISTDIR="${LIST_ROOT}/lists"
ARCHIVE="${LIST_ROOT}/archive"
LASTMONTH="${ARCHIVE}/lastmonth"

months[0]='January';	months[1]='Febuary';	months[2]='March'
months[3]='April';	months[4]='May';	months[5]='June'
months[6]='July';	months[7]='August';	months[8]='September'
months[9]='October';	months[10]='November';	months[11]='December'

integer year
integer oldmonth
integer thismonth

year=`date +%Y`
thismonth=`date +%m`

oldmonth='(thismonth + 9) % 12'
[[ $oldmonth -gt $thismonth ]] && year=year-1

cd ${LASTMONTH}
if [ -f * ]
then
	mkdir -p ${ARCHIVE}/${year}/${months[$oldmonth]}
	mv ${LASTMONTH}/* ${ARCHIVE}/${year}/${months[$oldmonth]}
fi

cd $LISTDIR
if [ -f * ]
then
	mv * $LASTMONTH
fi
### End of script ###


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