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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting while - loop does not work Post 302406884 by xcitan on Wednesday 24th of March 2010 05:50:59 AM
Old 03-24-2010
Tools while - loop does not work
Hey guys,

maybe you can help me.. what am i doing wrong?
Why this doesn`t work in ksh.

Code:
        while [ "${decision}" != "y"  ||  "${decision}" != "n" ]
        do
        echo "Type y or n"
        read decision
                if [ "${decision}" = "y" ]
                then
                doInstall
                fi
        done

i also tried this

Code:
        while [ "${decision}" != "y" ] || [ "${decision}" != "n" ]
        do
        echo "Type y or n"
        read decision
                if [ "${decision}" = "y" ]
                then
                doInstall
                fi
        done

I want the loop to be endet as soon as the user types in y or n.
But it just doesnt end.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards
xcitan
 

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avc_cache_stats(3)					     SELinux API documentation						avc_cache_stats(3)

NAME

       avc_cache_stats, avc_av_stats, avc_sid_stats - obtain userspace SELinux AVC statistics.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       #include <selinux/avc.h>

       void avc_av_stats(void);

       void avc_sid_stats(void);

       void avc_cache_stats(struct avc_cache_stats *stats);

DESCRIPTION

       The userspace AVC maintains two internal hash tables, one to store security ID's and one to cache access decisions.

       avc_av_stats  and  avc_sid_stats  produce log messages indicating the status of the access decision and SID tables, respectively.  The mes-
       sages contain the number of entries in the table, number of hash buckets and number of buckets used, and maximum number	of  entries  in  a
       single bucket.

       avc_cache_stats populates a structure whose fields reflect cache activity:

	      struct avc_cache_stats {
		  unsigned  entry_lookups;
		  unsigned  entry_hits;
		  unsigned  entry_misses;
		  unsigned  entry_discards;
		  unsigned  cav_lookups;
		  unsigned  cav_hits;
		  unsigned  cav_probes;
		  unsigned  cav_misses;
	      };

       entry_lookups
	      Number of queries made.

       entry_hits
	      Number of times a decision was found in the aeref argument.

       entry_misses
	      Number of times a decision was not found in the aeref argument.

       entry_discards
	      Number of times a decision was not found in the aeref argument and the aeref argument was non-NULL.

       cav_lookups
	      Number of cache lookups.

       cav_hits
	      Number of cache hits.

       cav_misses
	      Number of cache misses.

       cav_probes
	      Number of entries examined while searching the cache.

NOTES

       When  the  cache  is flushed as a result of a call to avc_reset or a policy change notification, the statistics returned by avc_cache_stats
       are reset to zero.  The SID table, however, is left unchanged.

       When a policy change notification is received, a call to avc_av_stats is made before the cache is flushed.

AUTHOR

       Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov>

SEE ALSO

       avc_init(3), avc_has_perm(3), avc_context_to_sid(3), avc_add_callback(3) selinux(8)

								    27 May 2004 						avc_cache_stats(3)
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