On 8/18/10 7:28 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:19 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: >> On 8/18/10 7:17 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: >>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:10 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: >>>> On 8/18/10 7:08 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:03 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: >>>>>> On 8/18/10 6:54 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:16 +0000, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>> revno: 378 >>>>>>>> committer: Garth N. Wells <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> branch nick: dorsal >>>>>>>> timestamp: Wed 2010-08-18 14:14:01 +0100 >>>>>>>> message: >>>>>>>> Add openSSUE 11.3 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately this doesn't work. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think this is because the relevant platform file is missing. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have it - just haven't pushed it yet. >>>>> >>>>>>> How can I get some screen output from inside the function >>>>>>> 'guess_platform' in dorsal.sh? >>>>>> >>>>>> You can't use echo as usual because there is a line outside that catches >>>>>> whatever it prints. >>>>>> >>>>>> PLATFORM=${PROJECT}/platforms/`guess_platform`.platform >>>>>> >>>>>> Instead, just insert a guess_platform anywhere, so it will print >>>>>> whatever guess_platform prints. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I prints nothing - that's why I need to somehow debug the function. How >>>>> can I do that if I can't print anything? >>>> >>>> I guess this means none of the case branches are being followed. Just do >>>> an echo right at the top somewhere and it should print (if called). >>>> >>> >>> It is being called - how can I print, for example, "DISTRO" to check it? >> >> echo $DISTRO >> > > Where? Inside the function or outside? Inside gives an error, and > placing it outside it result is blank. If I type > > lsb_release -i -s > > on the command line I get > > SUSE LINUX
On the inside, you do echo $DISTRO On the outside, before the call `guess_platform` which uses its output as a string, you do guess_platform (as in without the backticks.) Harish _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dorsal Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dorsal More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
