Jo wrote:
>
> 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.
If you're trying to get the value of the variable OUTSIDE of the script,
put export in front of the variable name when you set it's value in the
script... That will turn it into an environment-wide variable.
So, export IPADDR=... should work and allow you to retrieve the
value later.
> 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/
> > >
