X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:54:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com cc: prz Subject: Re: variable In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4933240.post@talk.nabble.com> <4949855.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, prz wrote: > > > thanks for the update > > a simple testcase > > tempdba:/cygdrive/c/workdir:echo $OBJECT > > > > tempdba:/cygdrive/c/workdir:. ./testcase -a dt ^ There it is. > > print object dt > > tempdba:/cygdrive/c/workdir:. ./testcase -a dt > > print object dt > > tempdba:/cygdrive/c/workdir:. ./testcase -a dl > > print object dt > > tempdba:/cygdrive/c/workdir:echo $OBJECT > > dt > > the code : > > #!/bin/bash > > while getopts "a:" option; do > > case "$option" in > > a) OBJECT=$OPTARG > > ;; > > *) exit > > esac > > done > > case "$OBJECT" in > > dt) > > echo "print object $OBJECT" > > ;; > > dl) > > echo "print object $OBJECT" ;; > > *) usage > > esac > > #exit > > Thanks for all info/help > > Best Regards, Guy Przytula > > . Please read and follow the Cygwin > problem reporting guidelines at . Also, > please let us know exactly how you invoke your script -- the normal > invocation should not affect anything in the environment of the calling > process. IIRC, getopts won't work well in sourced scripts. Never mind. I couldn't figure out how you got the output you got without sourcing the script, but I thought that '.' was part of your prompt. Ok, now you'll need to explain why you are sourcing the script rather than just invoking it. A forgotten "chmod +x", perhaps? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/