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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Get value of substring from a file Post 302356030 by mjwoodford on Thursday 24th of September 2009 10:14:11 AM
Old 09-24-2009
Thanks for that,

I didn't make it clear, the value is not fixed and can vary in length, however, 'name3' IS known and fixed
 

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gss_compare_name(3)					     Library Functions Manual					       gss_compare_name(3)

NAME
gss_compare_name() - allow an application to compare two internal names to determine whether they are equivalent SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The routine lets an application compare two internal names to determine whether they are the same. This routine does not resolve the names to see if they refer to the same object. It simply compares the input names for equivalence. If either name presented to denotes an anonymous principal, the routines should indicate that the two names do not refer to the same identity. Input Parameters name1 Specifies the first internal name. name2 Specifies the second internal name. Output Parameters name_equal Returns one of the following values: The names are the same. The names are not the same. minor_status Returns a status code from the security mechanism. STATUS CODES
The following status codes can be returned: The routine was completed successfully. The name passed by the name1 or name2 parameter is unsupported. An invalid name was passed by the name1 or name2 parameter. The routine failed. Check the minor_status parameter for details. AUTHOR
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. SEE ALSO
gss_import_name(3), gss_release_name(3). The manpages for DCE-GSSAPI are included with the DCE-CoreTools product. To see those manpages add to gss_compare_name(3)
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