On Mon 13 Jun 2016 at 10:19:46 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > if test ${InMail} = "gene" > > bin/mailwatcher: line 66: test: =: unary operator expected > > The syntax problem is most probably about missing "-quotes around > the variable ecaluation ${InMail} which would have to be empty to > cause the message: > > $ test $notdefined = "hello world" > -bash: test: =: unary operator expected > $ test "$notdefined" = "hello world" > > $ defined=x > $ test $defined = "hello world" > $ > > Another negative syntax effect would happen if ${InMail} did consist > of more than one word: > > $ multiword="x y" > $ test $multiword = "hello world" > -bash: test: too many arguments > > (On the other hand, "gene" does not need its quotes because the > text is a single constant word. "hello world" needs them, because > of the blank on the middel.) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is ${InMail} supposed to be empty ? > If not, then the script has another problem about properly setting > the variable. > > > Have a nice day :)
Thomas, your patience appears unbounded. We have been to this place before: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/04/msg00652.html Cheers, David.