the thing is, I had tried that. I have a fair luggage of DOS knowledge
and the variable was always empty. So I went out today and bought a book
about programming: Linux programmer's reference.
The mistake I made was to run my program and then ask for the contents
of the variable. If I write the echo command into the script everything
is fine.
I guess I need some other command to make the changes permanent or at
least last after my script terminated.
Many thanks,
Jo
Patrick Putteman wrote:
>
> try :
>
> echo $IPADDR
>
> and verify if the address is what you expect it to be
>
> Patrick Putteman
> Internet Support Manager
> Net 7
> www.net7.be
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] scripting problems
>
> > OK, PATH=$PATH:. worked.
> >
> > I set a variable in that script:
> >
> > IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth1 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1
> > -d" "`
> >
> > How can I check if this variable got assigned the proper value?
> >
> > Many tanks for your help,
> >
> > Jo
> >
> >
> > Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Jo wrote:
> > >
> > > > [root@host jd]# ls -al rc_fi
> > > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 30090 Aug 7 02:47 rc_fi
> > > > [root@host jd]# rc_fi
> > > > bash: rc_fi: command not found
> > >
> > > The current directory is by default not in the PATH.
> > > Either do ./rc_fi, or do export PATH=$PATH:. before running rc_fi.
> > >
> > > LLaP
> > > bero
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tired of waiting for Windows 2000?
> > > STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
> >
