[iccaros]

ok I'm writing this install script .. you can see I have functions that do somethings (most are not done)..
what I am having a problem with is the last 8 lines.. the if statments for the menu.. I have tried if and elif but it only takes options 1 the rest it ignores..
I have no clue why..
I now made mutiple if statments.. but still same thing..
also tried (as you can see) to change numbers for letter.. no work.
the partition (option 1) is the only one working.

thanks for any help




#!/bin/bash
#this is the start to a installation program for my linux distro
#Author: William Huskey <whuskey@gmail.com>
# Some functions come from Tomas Matejicek <http://slax.linux-live.org> slax install script as noted above function.
# copywrite 2004 under the GPL www.gnu.org for a copy

#create temp variable
TMPFILE=/tmp/steve-installer-tmp
rm -f $TMPFILE
DISK="hda"
#begin with header information
clear
echo "This Program will assist you in installing Steve Linux to your hard drive."
echo "Please answer the questions and this will be a simple process."
echo "are you ready Y/n"
read a #this is just a pause to let the user read the output above
if [ "$a" = "n" ]; then
echo quit installer
exit
fi

this will start the main part of the install program
function menu()
{
clear
echo "There are severl things need to be done to install a Operating system."
echo "the following will allow you to do so"
echo "1. Partition harddrive"
echo "2. format Partition"
echo "3. IF you already have a formated partiton before starting pick me"
echo "4. install OS"
read Menu_choice
}

#This Function will format a partition for swap
function swap ()
{
mkswap /dev/$Swap
swapon /dev/$Swap
}

#This function will format the correct partition
function format ()
{
echo choose which format you will use
echo 1. reiserfs
echo 2. ext2
echo 3. ext3
read FMAT
mkfs.$FMAT /dev/$HD
}

#This is the function to partition your harddrive
function partition ()
{
/usr/sbin/cfdisk /dev/$DISK
menu
}

#this function will make the install folder and mount it
function mnt ()
{
mkdir /mnt/install
DEST="/mnt/install"
mount /dev/$HD /mnt/$DEST
}

# This function will allow you to choose what partition the user already has will be used
# this function is derived from the Slax-install script
function Usr_Pik ()
{
if [ "$1" = "" -o ! -d "$1" ]; then

ls -aA1bd /mnt/* | while read LINE;
do
MOUNT=`mount | egrep -v "\(.*bind.*\)" | egrep -v "\(.*loop.*\)" | grep -F "$LINE" | cut -d " " -f 1`
if [ ! "$MOUNT" = "" ]; then
echo -n "$LINE $MOUNT " >>$TMPFILE
fi
done

if [ "`cat $TMPFILE 2>/dev/null`" = "" ]; then error "You have to mount your partition to /mnt/something first. Try 'mntall' script."; fi

dialog --title "Steve Linux Hard Drive Chooser" --menu \
"BEFORE YOU START:\n\
Prepare your disk partition for example by using cfdisk\n\
and make ext2 or ext3 or reiserfs or xfs filesystem on it.\n\
Then mount it somewhere in /mnt/ or reboot Steve Linux\n\
to mount it automatically.\n\n\
All partitions available right now are listed below.\n\
Choose your target partition:\n" 0 0 0 `cat $TMPFILE` 2>$TMPFILE

if [ ! "$?" = 0 ]; then exit; fi
$0 `cat $TMPFILE`
rm -f $TMPFILE
exit
fi
exit
}

menu

if [ "$Menu_choice" = "1" ]; then
echo partition
partition
fi
if ["$Menu_choice" = "f" ]; then
exit #format
fi
if ["$Menu_choice" = "3" ]; then
Usr_Pik
fi
if ["$Menu_choice" = "4" ];then
exit
else
menu
fi

exit

[iccaros]

changed to case statments now works..