02-12-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahmedwaseem2000
try this
export user=`eval whoami`
or export user=$(whoami)
echo $user
assuming one of these methods works, would that then allow me to execute a command such as..
mount_afp afp://$user@dc.fqdns.edu/$user /Users/$user/Desktop/Home
?
thanks :]
/* edit */ the second method worked, export user=$(whoami)
when i try: mount_afp afp://$user@dc.fqdns.edu/$user /Users/$user/Desktop/Home
i get this error:
Quote:
mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error -50, errno is -50
=\ google doesn't help much.
Last edited by willc0de4food; 02-12-2007 at 04:40 PM..
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NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
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EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
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ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
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This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
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debug shell scripts
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save a command for later
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user_switches=
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