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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Pass by reference in shell functions Post 302115508 by jim mcnamara on Wednesday 25th of April 2007 07:29:47 AM
Old 04-25-2007
Code:
#!/bin/sh
check() {
if [ ! -d ${1} ]; then
    echo "${1} is not a dir"; exit 1
fi
echo "{$1} is a directory"
}
# HOME is normally always defined for a process

check $HOME

What are you trying to do? Determine if the HOME variable is set correctly?
 

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doupdate(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					doupdate(3XCURSES)

NAME
doupdate, refresh, wnoutrefresh, wrefresh - refresh windows and lines SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int doupdate(void); int refresh(void); int wnoutrefresh(WINDOW *win); int wrefresh(WINDOW *win); DESCRIPTION
The refresh() and wrefresh() functions copy stdscr and win, respectively, to the terminal screen. These functions call the wnoutrefresh() function to copy the specified window to curscr and the doupdate() function to do the actual update. The physical cursor is mapped to the same position as the logical cursor of the last window to update curscr unless leaveok(3XCURSES) is enabled (in which case, the cur- sor is placed in a position that X/Open Curses finds convenient). When outputting several windows at once, it is often more efficient to call the wnoutrefresh() and doupdate() functions directly. A call to wnoutrefresh() for each window, followed by only one call to doupdate() to update the screen, results in one burst of output, fewer characters sent, and less CPU time used. If the win parameter to wrefresh() is the global variable curscr, the screen is immediately cleared and repainted from scratch. For details on how the wnoutrefresh() function handles overlapping windows with broad glyphs, see the Overlapping Windows section of the curses(3XCURSES) reference manual page. PARAMETERS
win Is a pointer to the window in which to refresh. RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR. ERRORS
None. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
clearok(3XCURSES), curses(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), prefresh(3XCURSES), redrawwin(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 doupdate(3XCURSES)
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