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if statment, based on retune value

hello
im working on a project for the iphone to write a termainal based program
we have bsd subsystem installed so have access to most unix command

i have a executable called coordinates, which get the coordinates of the iphone

when this runs it returns to the terminal the text of "success" or the text of "failed"

i want to write a shell script that will run different code for each, somthing like

if (result of coordinates = "success") then
{chunk of code1}
else
{chunk of code2}

end if


anyone got any ideas that could help?

thanks.
 
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pipe(2) 							System Calls Manual							   pipe(2)

NAME
pipe() - create an interprocess channel SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
creates an I/O mechanism called a pipe and returns two file descriptors, fildes[0] and fildes[1]. fildes[0] is opened for reading and fildes[1] is opened for writing. A read-only file descriptor fildes[0] accesses the data written to fildes[1] on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis. For details of the I/O behavior of pipes see read(2) and write(2). By default, HP-UX pipes are not STREAMS-based. It is possible to generate the kernel so that all pipes created on a system are STREAMS- based. This can only be done for HP-UX releases 10.0 and later. STREAMS-based FIFOs (created by or are not supported on HP-UX. To generate a kernel that supports STREAMS-based pipes: o STREAMS/UX must be installed. o The module and the driver must be included in the file. (When STREAMS/UX is installed, and are automatically added to the system file.) o The tunable parameter (see streampipes(5)) must be set to 1 in the file. (This is not automatically done when STREAMS/UX is installed.) o The kernel must be generated and the system rebooted. Once this is done, all pipes created by will be STREAMS-based. For more information, see EXAMPLES
The following example uses to implement the command string RETURN VALUE
returns one of the following values: Successful completion. Failure. is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
sets to one of the following error values if the corresponding condition is true. or more file descriptors are currently open. The system file table is full. The file system lacks sufficient space to create the pipe. Could not allocate resources for both Stream heads (STREAMS-based pipes only). SEE ALSO
sh(1), read(2), write(2), popen(3S), privileges(5), streampipes(5), streamio(7). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
pipe(2)