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#!/bin/ksh
cd
for i in `ls backups/*err 2>/dev/null` ; do
size=`ls -l $i|awk '{print $5}'`
if [ $size -ne 0 -a $size -ne 181 ]; then
echo 'The backup error-file' $i
echo 'shows unusual errors.'
echo 'This may indicate one or more files'
echo 'not being backed up.  Please investigate:'
cat $i
echo 'Do you want to suppress further'
echo 'notification of this error(y/n)? \c'
read reply
if [ "$reply" = "y" ]; then mv $i $i.sav; fi
fi
done