Ubuntu :: BASH Script: Odd Output Near IF Statement?

May 31, 2010

For some reason, I get said block of errors when I run my script without arguments:

Code:
/home/mark/bin/backup: line 34: [: =: unary operator expected
/home/mark/bin/backup: line 37: [: =: unary operator expected

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