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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting variable lookup problem in shell script Post 302321899 by cfajohnson on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 10:43:35 AM
Old 06-02-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mnmonu
I have one properties file containing as

$INSTALL_BASEPATH/mssages/commonmessages_default.properties
$INSTALL_BASEPATH/resource/configurationBundle.properties

and $INSTALL_BASEPATH is set in .bash_profile
but from shell script when I read this file
and use in copy statement then it is not working

Have you exported the variable? If not, child processes will not see it.

In .bash_profile:

Code:
export INSTALL_BASEPATH

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

gnome-at-properties

gnome-at-properties(1)						   User Commands					    gnome-at-properties(1)

NAME

       gnome-at-properties - enable support for Assistive Technologies in GNOME

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-at-properties [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       Use  gnome-at-properties, the Assistive Technology preference tool, to enable assistive technologies in your desktop. You can use gnome-at-
       properties to specify that the following assistive technology applications start automatically when you log in:

	 o  Screenreader

	 o  Magnifier

	 o  On-screen Keyboard

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Assistive Technology Preference Tool

       example% gnome-at-properties

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-at-properExecutable for Assistive Technology preference tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       cddb-slave2-properties(1), gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1),  gnome-background-properties(1),	gnome-default-applications-proper-
       ties(1),  gnome-file-types-properties(1),  gnome-font-properties(1),  gnome-keybinding-properties(1),  gnome-keyboard-properties(1), gnome-
       mouse-properties(1),  gnome-network-preferences(1),  gnome-panel-preferences(1),  gnome-session-properties(1),	gnome-sound-properties(1),
       gnome-theme-properties(1), gnome-ui-properties(1), metacity-properties(1), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004						    gnome-at-properties(1)
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