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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:39:28 -0400
From: "David S. Jackson" <dsj@dsj.net>
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: bash syntax error...
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Hi,

I get the following error

/home/dsj/bin/ascfg: 175: Syntax error: "do" unexpected (expecting "}")

when I execute the following snippet from a bash script:

----SNIP----
ChangeLooks()                                 # backups for looks go into  
{                                             # a different backpath and 
  select file in $LOOKPATH/*; do              # reside in a different place.
    FILE=$LOOKPATH/$file                      # My kludge for editing/copying
    BACKPATH=$LOOKBACK                        # them kinda works, though.
    BackUp $FILE
    EditIt $FILE
    echo "Would you like to continue? [y/n] "
    read domore
    if [ $domore -eq y ]; then
	selectone
    else
	break
    fi
  done
}
-----SNIP-----

The variable names are all defined earlier in the script.  What confuses 
me is the error.  I don't see why the 'do' should cause a problem in a
select statement.  

Any ideas?

TIA!
--
David S. Jackson                       http://www.dsj.net
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