Great! That is just what I needed.
Thanks,
Jo
Steve Philp wrote:
>
> 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/
> > > >
