03-14-2011
Precedence in operators issue
Hello,
I am trying to write a small acript to change directory to $HOME depending on the user logged in. However when i provide this command
say,
ABC_USER=myself
cd ~${ABC_USER} i am getting the following error,
ksh: ~myself: not found
I know i am doing something really silly but not able to figure out what it is. I know i could get the value of the home directory by doing a grep on /etc/passed file but i think it is not a good solution.
Can anyone help or have encountered this issue before? I am thinking this issue is one of precedence where "~" is evaluated before the "$".
Anyone??
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cachefslog(1M) System Administration Commands cachefslog(1M)
NAME
cachefslog - Cache File System logging
SYNOPSIS
cachefslog [-f logfile | -h] cachefs_mount_point
DESCRIPTION
The cachefslog command displays where CacheFS statistics are being logged. Optionally, it sets where CacheFS statistics are being logged,
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OPTIONS
The following options are supported. You must be super-user to use the -f and -h options.
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-h Halt logging.
OPERANDS
cachefs_mount_point A mount point of a cache file system.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of cachefslog when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Checking the Logging of a directory.
The example below checks if the directory /home/sam is being logged:
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Example 2: Changing the logfile.
The example below changes the logfile of /home/sam to /var/tmp/samlog:
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Example 3: Verifying the change of a logfile.
The example below verifies the change of the previous example:
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