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Subject: Re: Problems with the new base-files-4.0-5?
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:07:43AM +0100, David Sastre wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>> David Sastre wrote:
>> >Please test if
>> >
>> >[ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>> 
>> No, I think.
>> 
>> I get:
>> 
>> $ cat test_pr.sh
>> #!/bin/bash
>> 
>> p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows
>> NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
>> 
>> [ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>> 
>> echo 'echo $PRINTER'
>> echo $PRINTER
>> 
>> $ ./test_pr.sh
>> echo $PRINTER
>> HP Deskjet 3740 Series,winspool,Ne03:
>> ----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> which is *wrong*. See ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above!
>> 
>> With base-files-4.0-4 I get:
>> 
>> $ echo $PRINTER
>> HP Deskjet 3740 Series
>> 
>> which is right.
>> 
>> Ciao,
>> Angelo.
>
>Thanks for testing.
>It looks like it's easier to solve this with a simple if statement.
>
>p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
>if [ -e "${p}" ] ; then
>  read -r PRINTER < "${p}"
>  PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
>fi

How about:

read -r -d, PRINTER < '/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'

I see that "-d" is available in ksh but I don't know about the other shells.

cgf

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