04-01-2010
eval and variable assignment
Hi,
i have an issue with eval and variable assignment.
1) i have a date value in a variable and that date is part of a filename,
var1=20100331
file1=${var1}-D1-0092.xml.zip
file2=${var2}-D2-0092.xml.zip
file3=${var3}-D3-0092.xml.zip
i am passing the above variables to a script via commandline and assigning the values of these
variables to another set of variables using while get opts command as below,
f) eval FILE=\$${OPTARG}
FILES="$FILE $FILES";;
Issue - the array variable FILES is not populated with filenames here.
2) Issue with filenames - I have filenames which consists of spaces and special characters.
eg: REP - inven - 1.TXT
I am using same concept as above. i.e. passing variables to script. i am getting error
with eval command.
Please advise in both scenarios on how to avoid issues.
Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Mohan
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
eval
eval(1T) Tcl Built-In Commands eval(1T)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
eval - Evaluate a Tcl script
SYNOPSIS
eval arg ?arg ...?
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Eval takes one or more arguments, which together comprise a Tcl script containing one or more commands. Eval concatenates all its argu-
ments in the same fashion as the concat command, passes the concatenated string to the Tcl interpreter recursively, and returns the result
of that evaluation (or any error generated by it). Note that the list command quotes sequences of words in such a way that they are not
further expanded by the eval command.
EXAMPLE
This procedure acts in a way that is analogous to the lappend command, except it inserts the argument values at the start of the list in
the variable:
proc lprepend {varName args} {
upvar 1 $varName var
# Ensure that the variable exists and contains a list
lappend var
# Now we insert all the arguments in one go
set var [eval [list linsert $var 0] $args]
}
KEYWORDS
concatenate, evaluate, script
SEE ALSO
catch(1T), concat(1T), error(1T), list(1T), subst(1T), tclvars(1T)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWTcl |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Uncommitted |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.
Tcl eval(1T)