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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Get variables from expression Post 302901525 by rbatte1 on Wednesday 14th of May 2014 07:40:27 AM
Old 05-14-2014
I would keep your master script somewhere that they cannot alter it else you will have a multitude of differences as people tweak the code about and a nightmare to debug. Assuming that each one has a separate home directory, could you get your script to use an input file in there?

You haven't given us anything to look at, but I would suggest something like this:-
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# Any comments you want
# Change history perhaps

# Define standard settings
a=1
b=2
c=3

# Define user settings from user home directory file my_variables
. ~/my_variables

# Define defaults for unset variables
z1="${z1:-Hello}"
z2="${z2:=Here}"

# Define functions

# Main script processing
echo "Running with\n\ta=$a\n\tb=$b\n\tc=$c\n\tmy_var=$my_var\n\tz1=$z1\n\tz2=$z2"

exit

Does that give you a framework to start with?




Robin
 

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soladdapp(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     soladdapp(1M)

NAME

       soladdapp - add an application to the Solstice application registry

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/snadm/bin/soladdapp [-r registry] -n name -i icon -e executable [args]

DESCRIPTION

       soladdapp  adds	an  application  to  the  Solstice  application  registry. After it is added, the application is displayed in the Solstice
       Launcher main window (see solstice(1M)).

OPTIONS

       -r registry     Define the full path name of the Solstice registry file.

       -n name	       Define the name of the tool to be registered.

       -i icon	       Define the full path name of the tool icon.

       -e executable   Define the full path name of the tool.

       args	       Specify any arguments to use with the tool.

       When executed without options,  soladdapp uses  /opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry (the default registry path).

RETURN VALUES

       0	on success

       1	on failure

       2	if the registry is locked

       3	if the entry is a duplicate.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: A sample display of the soladdapp command.

       The following adds an application called Disk Manager to the Solstice application registry for display in the Solstice Launcher	main  win-
       dow.

       # soladdapp -r /opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry -n "Disk Manager"
       -i /opt/SUNWdsk/etc/diskmgr.xpm -e /opt/SUNWdsk/bin/diskmgr

FILES

       /opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry     The default registry path.

ATTRIBUTES

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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsadml 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

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NOTES

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