On Tuesday 10 July 2001 13:24, you wrote:
> Does anyone know why this doesn't work within a C shell script:
>> set user = `id -u`
> set group = `id -g`
> chown $user:$group files
>> I get a 'Variable syntax' error message as it doesn't seem to like having a
> variable for the user id.
>> Unfortunately I have to use C shell - standards!
Yep. The ":" operator performs operations on a variable - see the csh
man page for details. You can protect the variable by putting the
name in {} - in your example above, "chown ${user}:${group} files"
should work.
CSH is *horrible*, though.
Hope this helps,
Colm
--
Colm Buckley @ NewWorld Commerce
Business: +353 1 4334334 / colm at nwcgroup.com / http://www.nwcgroup.com/
Personal: +353 87 2469146 / colm at tuatha.org / http://www.tuatha.org/~colm/
Two wrongs are only the beginning.
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
