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#351964 - 03/05/2012 11:51 Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem
Tim veteran Registered: 25/04/2000 Posts: 1525 Loc: Arizona	This is just baffling. As part of a software installation package, I have a series of C-Shell scripts. The main script calls the rest. The issue I am having is that the main script isn't calling the embedded one. The call looks like this: Code: if (-e ${media}/bin/check_os) then echo "${media}/bin/check_os exists. Calling check_os" ${media}/bin/check_os echo "Outside check_os. Status is $(status)" if ($status == 1) then echo "check_os status = 1" goto fatal-fixable-exit The variable media is defined correctly and the echo before the call looks good. Then, inside the check_os script, I have an echo right after #!/bin/csh that never gets called, so the status variable never gets set. Running the command /media/dvd/bin/check_os ($media is /media/dvd in the above script) from the prompt works fine. I've never seen this problem before, and it has worked on several machines previously. Anybody have a clue what is hosed up?
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#351965 - 03/05/2012 12:42 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: Tim]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Originally Posted By: Tim I have a series of C-Shell scripts. Well, there's your problem. Does /bin/csh exist? Some systems will only have a /usr/bin/csh. If it doesn't exist, then change your '#!/bin/csh' line in the new script. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#351966 - 03/05/2012 12:51 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: wfaulk]
Tim veteran Registered: 25/04/2000 Posts: 1525 Loc: Arizona	Originally Posted By: wfaulk Does /bin/csh exist? Some systems will only have a /usr/bin/csh. It does. Since this has worked a zillion times previously, albiet on clean OS installs, I'm at the point where I just back up the machine and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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#351967 - 03/05/2012 12:53 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: Tim]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Then run it via strace and see where it's going wrong. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#351968 - 03/05/2012 15:01 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: Tim]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14491 Loc: Canada	Originally Posted By: Tim Originally Posted By: wfaulk Does /bin/csh exist? Some systems will only have a /usr/bin/csh. It does. Since this has worked a zillion times previously, albiet on clean OS installs, I'm at the point where I just back up the machine and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. So the only other explanation is that the second script is not in the search $PATH provided in the first script. Except you've hardcoded the path. Ugh. /bin/sh anyone? Edited by mlord (03/05/2012 15:01)
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#351969 - 03/05/2012 15:04 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: Tim]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14491 Loc: Canada	Originally Posted By: Tim This is just baffling. As part of a software installation package, I have a series of C-Shell scripts. The main script calls the rest. The issue I am having is that the main script isn't calling the embedded one. The call looks like this: Code: if (-e ${media}/bin/check_os) then echo "${media}/bin/check_os exists. Calling check_os" ${media}/bin/check_os echo "Outside check_os. Status is $(status)" if ($status == 1) then echo "check_os status = 1" goto fatal-fixable-exit The variable media is defined correctly and the echo before the call looks good. Then, inside the check_os script, I have an echo right after #!/bin/csh that never gets called, so the status variable never gets set. I gave up on csh decades ago: remind me again how "status" gets set? As the result of executing a command? Like the "echo" command on the line before the status check?
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#351970 - 03/05/2012 15:10 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: mlord]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14491 Loc: Canada	Stick a "set -x" line at the top of each script, just after the "#!" lines. This will enable line-by-line tracing of execution.
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#351972 - 03/05/2012 16:35 Re: Bizarre C-Shell Script Problem [Re: mlord]
Tim veteran Registered: 25/04/2000 Posts: 1525 Loc: Arizona	I'm not sure what the issue was, after dorking around with it for a few hours I thought it would be quicker to just start from scratch. I reinstalled the base system it was expecting (RedHat 5.5, but I use CentOS) and it magically started making the calls again. The only thing I can figure is that since this was a machine I was using for other purposes, I was keeping it updated. One of the patches since that release and now must have mucked with something that the script was using. Like I said, completely bizarre. Thanks for the suggestions on strace (which I completely forgot about) and set -x (which I never even knew about).
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