Aaron Kulkis wrote:

David C. Rankin wrote:

...

Listmates,

I set up a simple trap to gzip any open files on scripts interrupt or exit:

cleanup () { echo -e "\n\tExecuting cleanup from trap\n" [[ -e $NEWFILE ]] && gzip --force --quiet $NEWFILE [[ -e $XMLFILE ]] && gzip --force --quiet $XMLFILE

}

trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT

rest of script....

trap works correctly, but when it is called, it seems to be inserting 45 blank-lines after the original command line causing the terminal to scroll-up. Looks odd:

08:33 alchemy:~/linux/scripts/parse> sh xmlparse test.xml.gz Executing cleanup from trap

This may be a feature, but if I can turn it off, that would be great. What say the bash gurus?

insert this line in your script:

set -x

It will tell you all kinds of wonderful things.

I'll give it ago. Thanks Aaron! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org