On Mon, Mar 11 2013, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > When I launch fio_generate_plots on a system where gnuplot is not installed I > get this error : > > $ fio_generate_plots test > Making bw logs > /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: 42: /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: -: not found > > That's because the test checking whether gnuplot is installed is failing > because of an empty variable : > GNUPLOT=$(which gnuplot) > if [ ! -x $GNUPLOT ]; then > echo You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs > exit 1 > fi > > Indeed the command "test -x" is exiting with code 0. > > To correct this we should enclose the variable with quotes : > if [ ! -x "$GNUPLOT" ]; then > > Then the script is going into the test properly : > $ fio_generate_plots test > You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs > > I copied problem description by Hervé from the Debian bug report below. > > Fixes: > Bug#700580: /usr/bin/fio_generate_plots: -: not found > http://bugs.debian.org/700580 > > Reported-By: Hervé Werner <hwer...@score-md.com> > Tested-By: Hervé Werner <hwer...@score-md.com> > Tested-By: Martin Steigerwald <m...@teamix.de> > --- > fio_generate_plots | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fio_generate_plots b/fio_generate_plots > index 4285415..5e2febd 100755 > --- a/fio_generate_plots > +++ b/fio_generate_plots > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "$1"x = "x" ]; then > fi > > GNUPLOT=$(which gnuplot) > -if [ ! -x $GNUPLOT ]; then > +if [ ! -x "$GNUPLOT" ]; then > echo You need gnuplot installed to generate graphs > exit 1 > fi
Thanks, obviously correct :-) -- Jens Axboe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
