[98496] in RedHat Linux List
Re: A script problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Mon Nov 9 11:58:22 1998
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:03:49 +0000
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811091555420.8047-100000@winbuster.magic.fr>; from Zoki on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 04:03:19PM +0100
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Zoki writes:
>
[Script Problem]
>
> ********* The script *********************
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ '/usr/bin/id -un' = "zokiphoto" ]; then
Try this instead:
if [ "'/usr/bin/id -un'" = "zokiphoto" ]; then
(and similar for the elif line)
I'm not 100% sure whether the syntax is correct, but I *am* sure that the
quotes matter when comparing strings and that they have to match as well.
HTH,
Thomas
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