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11-10-2009

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Error using select menu command

Hi All,
I am trying to use the select command & the menu.
below mention is my script

Code:

 
#!/bin/bash
      2
      3 PS3="Is today your birthday? " #PS3 system variable
      4
      5 echo "\n"
      6 
      7
      8 select menu_selection in YES NO QUIT
      9 do
     10
     11         case $menu_selection in
     12         YES) echo "\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!\n"
     13                 ;;
     14         NO) echo  "\nIt is someone's birthday today..........\
     15                 Sorry it is not yours\n"
     16                 ;;
     17         QUIT) echo  "\nLater tater !\n "
     18                 break
     19                 ;;
     20         *) echo "\n Invalid Answer....please try again \n"
     21                 ;;
     22         esac
     23 done

I am getting a different kind of output

Code:

 
[test1]$ ./SelectMenu
\n
1) YES
2) NO
3) QUIT
Is today your birthday? YES
\n Invalid Answer....please try again \n
Is today your birthday? NO
\n Invalid Answer....please try again \n
Is today your birthday? QUIT
\n Invalid Answer....please try again \n
Is today your birthday? 3
\nLater tater !\n
[test1]$
 
kindly let me know where am I going wrong?

milindb

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mitem_value

mitem_value(3X) 														   mitem_value(3X)

NAME

       mitem_value - set and get menu item values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <menu.h>
       int set_item_value(ITEM *item, bool value);
       bool item_value(const ITEM *item);

DESCRIPTION

       If  you	turn off the menu option O_ONEVALUE (e.g., with set_menu_opts or menu_opts_off; see menu_opts(3X)), the menu becomes multi-valued;
       that is, more than one item may simultaneously be selected.

       In a multi_valued menu, you can used set_item_value to select the given menu item (second argument TRUE) or deselect  it  (second  argument
       FALSE).

RETURN VALUE

       The function set_item_value returns one of the following:

       E_OK The routine succeeded.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
	    System error occurred (see errno).

       E_REQUEST_DENIED
	    The menu driver could not process the request.

SEE ALSO

       curses(3X), menu(3X).

NOTES

       The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY

       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

AUTHORS

       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

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