Hey Mortifis,

Here's what the message base moving script came down to:

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#!/bin/bash

# Move message base files after their internal prefix and/or suffix changes
# Version 0.1

# ie: When moving from group A to group B you may have files in
# data/subs/ that begin with groupA-sub and have file extensions of
# .ini, .sch, .sda, .sdt, .sha, .shd, .sid, .hash, .list.sub, .list.ptr, .smm
# and you may need them to all wind up as
# groupB-sub.sda, groupB-sub.sdt, etc.
#
# So, since scfg doesn't manage this when you move bases, this script exists.
#
# Usage: myscripts/mv-msgbase.sh path1/prefix+suffix1 path2/prefix+suffix2
#
# Do this without file extensions after suffix1 and 2

# If fewer than 2 arguments, echo syntax and die.

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo "2 arguments required. Run this script as:"
echo "myscripts/mv-msgbase.sh path1/prefix+suffix1 path2/prefix+suffix2"
exit 1
fi

# First, test that none of the destination filenames exist - if one does, abort.
for EXT in ini sch sda sdt sha shd sid hash list.sub list.ptr smm
do
if [ -f $2.$EXT ]; then
echo $2"."$EXT" exists already - aborting!"
exit 2
fi
done

# Well, that passed, so let's actually move them files after backing them up. number=$RANDOM

for EXT in ini sch sda sdt sha shd sid hash list.sub list.ptr smm
do
if [ -f $1.$EXT ]; then
tar rf /tmp/msgmv-backup-$number.tar $1.$EXT
mv $1.$EXT $2.$EXT
fi
done

echo "Backup file is: /tmp/msgmv-backup-$number.tar"

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HTH!

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