Basic *nix scripting question...

[Entity]

I want to write a script called "copytheme" that does this for me...

cp -r $DIRECTORYNAME ../website/themes/

It should be simple, but I can't really figure it out. I've written scripts before but never dependent on variables entered from the commandline...

Anyone wanna lend me a hand? It should only be a line or two.

thanks
Rob

 

[dabuddha]

if by directory name you mean the current directory, you'd use PWD which is the present working directory
if you wanted to specify the directory via command line, you'd use $1

 

[Entity]

Thanks. $1 is what I was looking for.