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Old 07-04-2006
test command is not working
#!/bin/ksh
size=3978132853
limit=100
if [ $size -gt $limit ];then
echo exceeded limit
fi

This does not work though if i reduce 3978132853 to 397813285 it works any ideas and work around appreciated

(SunOS 5.9 Generic_117171-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80 )
# 2  
Old 07-04-2006
Looks like integer overflow in the test. I get the same result on SunOS 5.6 but ksh on Aix 5.3 gives the right answer.

You could use bc to get round it, just test for a negative result after subtracting limit from size

Code:
size=3978132853
limit=100 
typeset -L1 res
res=$(($size - $limit))
if [ ! "$res" = "-" ]; then
  print exceeded limit
fi

# 3  
Old 07-04-2006
Smilie Thanks for the prompt reply. Your solution works just fine.
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