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Strawberry
Asked: 2010-10-31 20:42:18 +0800 CST

What is wrong? "Syntax error: unexpected end of file"

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I keep getting this error, do you guys know what is wrong?

rapache is an alias for restart apache

mugbear:/usr/bin# cat /usr/bin/mkdomain                                         
if [ -d "/srv/www/$1" ]; then
        echo "Domain $1 already exists!"
else
        mkdir -p /srv/www/$1/public_html
        mkdir -p /srv/www/$1/logs
        cat >> /etc/apache2/sites-available/"$1" << EOF
        <VirtualHost removed:80>
                ServerAdmin support@$1
                ServerName $1
                ServerAlias www.$1
                        DocumentRoot /srv/www/$1/public_html/
                ErrorLog /srv/www/$1/logs/error.log
                CustomLog /srv/www/$1/logs/access.log combined
        </VirtualHost>
        EOF
        a2ensite $1
    rapache
fi
mugbear:/usr/bin# mkdomain test.com                                        
/usr/bin/mkdomain: line 19: syntax error: unexpected end of file
debian shell-scripting

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Your heredoc never ends since the terminator is not at the beginning of the line.

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  2. someFile <<EOF
...
EOF

    works

        someFile <<EOF
    ...
    EOF

    will not work

        someFile <<-EOF
    ...
    EOF

    works

    See 'man bash' and the Bash Reference Manual, section "3.6.6 Here Documents" for details on <<-EOF. Note that the indentation of the heredoc terminator must be done using tabs, not spaces.

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