Colin J. Raven wrote:
<snippage>Hey man, cool down :-)
+> > if [ `whoami` = test ]; then
+> > echo ""
+> > echo -e "This is a test message for user test" && \
+> > echo ""
+> > fi
+> > ###################################################
+> > </snip>
+> > and got an error upon subsequent login as user "test":
+> > "if: Expression Syntax." (without parens)
+> > +> > Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? +> > Guess: csh syntax is different from bash +> +> You're right!
Well, thanks!
+> > but beyond that I'm stumped.
+> +> beyond that comes 'man csh'.
Oh for goodness sakes!!!!
I am sure it does but reading man csh is a 2 week exercise.....which
considering I don't normally use csh, but a few of my user opoulation
does, it's not likely that I am going to absorb all the huge amount of
information in man csh for a shell I never use personally.
+> Sorry, but you have to read it yourself! ;-)
+> +> Hint: As the name of the shell suggests, the syntax quite C-like.
Response to "Hint"
Most assuredly your response indicates substantial knowledge of C.
Unlike you however, I am not a programmer but "catch on quickly" to most
things.....and my post was no more than asking someone to "jumpstart me"
which usually starts me on a reading binge in FURTHER pursuit of
knowledge. Right now I have absolutely no clue as to where to begin.
On this list of all places, I did not expect the supercilious "RTFM"
response. It's uncalled for, it's unecessary and furthermore does not
speak well of your willingness to be of assistance to those less
knowledgeable than yourself. Instead it smacks of a (largely useless)
demonstration of what *you* know and others *don't* know.
I wonder...seriously....I wonder why you even elected to respond at
all???? Remaining silent would have been the elegant solution.
man pages *are* the primary source of information. Also i don't know the csh syntax myself (only use sh/bash), that's why i referred you to the man page. I also have *very* limited knowledge about C, but the name "c-shell" really comes from C. This happens to be one of the things that i remember from my first UNIX course some 10 years ago.
The csh man page is in fact very long, but you don't have to read it completely. I had a look into it myself, by browsing and searching (use the "/" (slash) button) one can find the "if" syntax quite quickly.
Sorry for having hurt your feelings :-)
Kond regards,
Heinrich
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