Utilizing grep -q should result in no output at all. It looks like cfe is only honoring the first pipe character. Neither the awk nor grep -q is being executed in the 'working' example output posted.
-Jason Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > org] On Behalf Of Mark Burgess > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:52 PM > To: Brandon Evans > Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Problems with ExecResult & ReturnsZero in 2.1.18 > > > > This works: > > HomePart = ( ReturnsZero("/bin/sh -c \"df -l | grep \'^/dev\' > | awk \'{print $NF}\' | grep -q \'^/home$\'\"") ) > > VarPart = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/sh -c "df -l | grep '^/dev' | > awk '{print $NF}' | grep -q '^/var$'") ) > > BootPart = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/sh -c "df -l | grep '^/dev' | > awk '{print $NF}' | grep -q '^/boot$'") ) > > It yields: > > enterprise$ ./cfagent -f ./cftest -p > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 28573840 9946040 18627800 35% / > tmpfs 517792 0 517792 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 24648696 12643940 12004756 52% /windows/C > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 28573840 9946040 18627800 35% / > tmpfs 517792 0 517792 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 24648696 12643940 12004756 52% /window-s/C > > for 2.1.18 > > On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 19:31 -0800, Brandon Evans wrote: > > > > I just upgraded to cfengine 2.1.18 for 2.1.15. I am now having > > problems > > with ExecResult and ReturnsZero. > > > > First off, ReturnsZero is now spitting out the results of some > > commands > > where it didnt before. > > > > To check for diffirent partations I use the bellow commands: > > > > HomePart = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/sh -c "df -l | grep '^/dev' | awk > > '{print > > $NF}' | grep -q '^/home$'") ) > > VarPart = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/sh -c "df -l | grep '^/dev' > | awk '{print > > $NF}' | grep -q '^/var$'") ) > > BootPart = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/sh -c "df -l | grep '^/dev' | awk > > '{print $NF}' | grep -q '^/boot$'") ) > > > > > > Running cfagent from the command line produces the following output: > > > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/md1 10080428 4525756 5042608 48% / > > /dev/md2 101018 8702 87100 10% /boot > > /dev/md0 106950584 34919112 66598700 35% /home > > none 1034088 0 1034088 0% /dev/shm > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/md1 10080428 4525756 5042608 48% / > > /dev/md2 101018 8702 87100 10% /boot > > /dev/md0 106950584 34919112 66598700 35% /home > > none 1034088 0 1034088 0% /dev/shm > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/md1 10080428 4525756 5042608 48% / > > /dev/md2 101018 8702 87100 10% /boot > > /dev/md0 106950584 34919112 66598700 35% /home > > none 1034088 0 1034088 0% /dev/shm > > > > > > I know others have been having problems with pipes > > (http://www.mail-archive.com/help-cfengine@gnu.org/msg01816.html) > > but no quoting I try works. What changed from 2.1.15 to > 2.1.18? I can > > no longer use ReturnsZero. ExecResult and ExecShellResult > don't seem to > > be working either. > > > > Can someone post a working Example of any of these commands > that works > > with 2.1.18? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-> cfengine > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine