Roland Mainz wrote:
> "Jordan Brown (Sun)" wrote:
>> Roland Mainz wrote:
>>> Ok... two questions:
>>> 1. How can a Bourne[1] shell script get the number of values in a
>>> property ?
>>> 2. How can I get value number <n> from a Bourne[1] shell script ?
Unfortunately, I don't know of an easy way. Sounds like a good RFE
for svcprop (which is supposed to be tailored for use by shells).
> ... one question is still open: How do I know when a property is
> _supposed_ to have only exactly one value or when it _may_ have multiple
> values by design ? The XML file can define this via "astring_list" to
> indicate that multiple values may follow... but I don't see a way to
> seperate between both cases on the consumer side via /usr/bin/svcprop
> ... ;-(
We currently have no way to express the expected cardinality of a
specific property. This is one of the things which the extended
templates project is attempting to address. They are about to submit
their design materials to ARC, so I recommend taking a look at what
they have and see if it solves your problem:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=217882
Dave
