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10-21-2006

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Too simple to search for

Hey. I'm just getting started with scripting and although i will admit i haven't searched the forum yet, i think it would be a waste of time. It really will be very simple.

I want to enter a list of arguments after my script with the last being the filename. (not the first, as this is part of the requirements)

I so far have

Code:

var=$#
filename=$var
echo "last argument is $filename"

Now i have put every variation i can think of around the second lines var in order the change the value of filename to be from the location in the list of arguments to the argument itself, ie if i put

sh script hi there smelly

smelly is the last argument.

i want the filename to take on the value of the file smelly, not the value 3 (3rd argument)

if i put sh script hi there scriptfile1
where scriptfile1 exists and is the file i want to to point to, it still has argument 3. Whilst I would rather have it point to a file that already exists, i don't mind if it creates a new tempfile, (and will do checks on if files exist once i can get this sorted) i would just like to know how i can have it point to a filename rather than the argument number.

I'm sure i've made that a lot more difficult that it is, but any advice would be appreciated.

Regards, and thanks for your time!

Mitch.

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afp_ldap.conf

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NAME

       afp_ldap.conf - Configuration file used by afpd(8) to configure a LDAP connection to an LDAP server. That is needed for ACL support in
       order to be able to query LDAP for UUIDs.

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/netatalk/afp_ldap.conf is the configuration file used by afpd to set up an LDAP connection to an LDAP server.

       Any line not prefixed with # is interpreted.

	   Note
	   You can use afpldaptest(1) to syntactically check your config
       The required parameters and their meanings are:

PARAMETER

       ldap_server
	   Name or IP address of your LDAP Server

       ldap_auth_method
	   Authentication method: none | simple | sasl

	   none
	       anonymous LDAP bind

	   simple
	       simple LDAP bind

	   sasl
	       SASL. Not yet supported !

       ldap_auth_dn
	   Distinguished Name of the user for simple bind.

       ldap_auth_pw
	   Distinguished Name of the user for simple bind.

       ldap_userbase
	   DN of the user container in LDAP.

       ldap_userscope
	   Search scope for user search: base | one | sub

       ldap_groupbase
	   DN of the group container in LDAP.

       ldap_groupscope
	   Search scope for user search: base | one | sub

       ldap_uuuid_attr
	   Name of the LDAP attribute with the UUIDs.

	   Note: this is used both for users and groups.

       ldap_name_attr
	   Name of the LDAP attribute with the users short name.

       ldap_group_attr
	   Name of the LDAP attribute with the groups short name.

EXAMPLES

       Example. afp_ldap.conf setup with simple bind

	   ldap_server	    = localhost
	   ldap_auth_method = simple
	   ldap_auth_dn     = cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=org
	   ldap_auth_pw     = notthisone
	   ldap_userbase    = ou=users,dc=domain,dc=org
	   ldap_userscope   = one
	   ldap_groupbase   = ou=groups,dc=domain,dc=org
	   ldap_groupscope  = one
	   ldap_uuid_attr   = some_attribute
	   ldap_name_attr   = cn
	   ldap_group_attr  = cn

SEE ALSO

       afpd(8), AppleVolumes.default(5), afpldaptest(1)

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