Mike Noyes wrote: > On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:24, Mike Noyes wrote: >> I just committed the lockfile replacement script Charles recommended to >> our repository. Please look it over, and I'll try to incorporate it into >> doc-build.sh tomorrow. > > Everyone, > I just tried to integrate lock_unlock, and ran into a problem. > > /home/groups/l/le/leaf/admin/lock_unlock: line 34: syntax error near > unexpected token `(' > /home/groups/l/le/leaf/admin/lock_unlock: line 34: ` rm -f > ${name}.+([0-9]).+([0-9])' > > Any help with this problem is appreciated. The lock_unlock file is in > our cvs repository.
Looks like they're using extended pattern matching (the +([0-9]) portions of the rm statement, which will match any number of digits). To make bash happy with this syntax, set extglob to on with: shopt -s extglob before trying to run the lock_unlock code. -- Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel