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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting What does the -z expression stand for? Post 302835901 by rafa_fed2 on Tuesday 23rd of July 2013 08:09:08 AM
Old 07-23-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
Code:
$ man test
...
       -z STRING
              the length of STRING is zero
...


Hi zaxxon

how can i store the value of this evironmental value in a vriable
echo $ARBORDBU
gives as DEV as output.
how can i store output i.e. in $ARBORDBU in a variable
 

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LORAX(1)						      General Commands Manual							  LORAX(1)

NAME
lorax - Create installer boot iso SYNOPSIS
lorax -p PRODUCT -v VERSION -r RELEASE -s REPOSITORY OUTPUTDIR DESCRIPTION
lorax is used to create the installer boot iso. OPTIONS
-h, --help show this help message and exit -V show program's version number and exit REQUIRED ARGUMENTS
: -p STRING, --product=STRING product name -v STRING, --version=STRING version identifier -r STRING, --release=STRING release information -s REPOSITORY, --source=REPOSITORY source repository (may be listed multiple times) OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
: -m REPOSITORY, --mirrorlist=REPOSITORY mirrorlist repository (may be listed multiple times) -t STRING, --variant=STRING variant name -b URL, --bugurl=URL bug reporting URL for the product --isfinal -c STRING, --config=STRING config file --proxy=STRING repo proxy url:port -e STRING, --excludepkgs=STRING package glob to exclude (may be listed multiple times) --buildarch=STRING build architecture --volid=STRING volume id --nomacboot --noupgrade --logfile=LOGFILE Path to logfile --tmp=TMP Top level temporary directory AUTHORS
Martin Gracik Will Woods Brian C. Lane 2013-07-26 LORAX(1)
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