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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Single or double square brackets Post 302708187 by pamu on Monday 1st of October 2012 07:24:46 AM
Old 10-01-2012
First whenever you are using square brackets.
Use space in between square brackets and conditions.
Use quotes around it..

Code:
if [ "$ESEGUI" == "SI" && "$Ora" -ge "$TimeOverRun" ];

#and

if [[ $ESEGUI == SI && $Ora -ge $TimeOverRun ]];


Last edited by pamu; 10-01-2012 at 08:44 AM..
 

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xrdp.ini(5)															       xrdp.ini(5)

NAME
xrdp.ini - Configuration file for xrdp(8) DESCRIPTION
This is the man page for xrdp.ini, xrdp(8) configuration file. It is composed by a number of sections, each one composed by a section name, enclosed by square brackets, folowed by a list of <parameter>=<value> lines. xrdp.ini is contains a [Globals] section, which sets some global configuration settings for xrdp(8), and one or more "connection" sections which contain the info on which services xrdp(8) can connect to. All options and values (except for file names and paths) are case insensitive, and are described in detail below. GLOBALS
The options to be specified in the [Globals] section are the following: bitmap_cache=[0|1] If set to 1, true or yes this option enables bitmap caching in xrdp(8) bitmap_compression=[0|1] If set to 1, true or yes this option enables bitmap compression in xrdp(8) CONNECTIONS
A connection section is made of a section name, enclosed in square brackets, and the following entries: name=<session name> The name displayed in xrdp(8) login window's combo box. lib=../vnc/libvnc.so Sets the library to be used with this connection. username=<username>|ask Specifies the username used for authenticating in the connection. If set to ask, user name should be provided in the login window. password=<password>|ask Specifies the password used for authenticating in the connection. If set to ask, password should be provided in the login window. ip=127.0.0.1 Specifies the ip address of the host to connect to. port=<number>|-1 Specifies the port number to connect to. If set to -1, the default port for the specified library is used. EXAMPLES
This is an example xrdp.ini: [Globals] bitmap_cache=yes bitmap_compression=yes [vnc1] name=sesman lib=../vnc/libvnc.so username=ask password=ask ip=127.0.0.1 port=-1 FILES
${XRDP_CFG_DIR}/xrdp.ini SEE ALSO
xrdp(8) sesman(8) sesrun(8) sesman.ini(5) for more info on xrdp see http://xrdp.sf.net xrdp team 0.1.0 xrdp.ini(5)
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