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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Too many arguments? Post 302294443 by Alendrin on Thursday 5th of March 2009 08:00:25 AM
Old 03-05-2009
Too many arguments?
I can't find anything wrong with this line of code, it works when there is one file in the directory but more than one i get a "too many arguements2 error

if [ -z $(ls $dname) ]; then


am i missing something?
 

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ldns_dname_new_frm_data

ldns(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   ldns(3)

NAME

       ldns_dname_new, ldns_dname_new_frm_str, ldns_dname_new_frm_data-

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdint.h>
       #include <stdbool.h>

       #include <ldns/ldns.h>

       ldns_rdf* ldns_dname_new(uint16_t s, void *data);

       ldns_rdf* ldns_dname_new_frm_str(const char *str);

       ldns_rdf* ldns_dname_new_frm_data(uint16_t size, const void *data);

DESCRIPTION

       ldns_dname_new() Create a new dname rdf from a string
	      s: the size of the new dname
	      *data: pointer to the actual data
	      Returns ldns_rdf*

       ldns_dname_new_frm_str() creates a new dname rdf from a string.
	      str: string to use
	      Returns ldns_rdf* or NULL in case of an error

       ldns_dname_new_frm_data() Create a new dname rdf from data (the data is copied)
	      size: the size of the data
	      *data: pointer to the actual data
	      Returns ldns_rdf*

AUTHOR

       The ldns team at NLnet Labs. Which consists out of Jelte Jansen and Miek Gieben.

REPORTING BUGS

       Please report bugs to ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl or in our bugzilla at http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs/index.html

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2004 - 2006 NLnet Labs.

       Licensed under the BSD License. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       ldns_dname,  ldns_pkt_query_new_frm_str,  ldns_rdf_new_frm_str,	ldns_rr_new_frm_str.   And  perldoc  Net::DNS,	RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC4033,
       RFC4034	and RFC4035.

REMARKS

       This manpage was automaticly generated from the ldns source code by use of Doxygen and some perl.

								    30 May 2006 							   ldns(3)
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