It does ac_word=(first word of $ac_prog) and just uses dummy as insulation:
This looks pointless but is actually in case $ac_prog contains contents set would throw up on, like -x argument argument which set would take as weird commandline arguments and crash with syntax errors, or worse, set shell configuration parameters which change how the program works.
set -- arguments is the modern way, but ./configure is backwards-compatible with 1977 in case it has to run on someone's PDP.
./configure is machine-generated so often looks a little pointless or sketchy.
I have been planning to set up a Unix workstation at home to host an Oracle database just for database admin. practice. But I don't know enough about hardware to know whether this can be done on a regular desktop and the required hardware config. If anyone could kindly guide me in this mission I... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I work at IT department of a home furnishing company in Canada. Presently we are working on printer issue on UNIX system and we like to set up a dummy printer on the system. We are not much sure about the procedure to try it and it woul dbe great if we get some advice to go ahead.
Thanks... (3 Replies)
Hello guys.
In my script, i have the following code:
echo "The tarfile contains these directorys"
tar -tf file.tar > tarlist.txt
cat tarlist | awk -F/ '{print $1 "/" $2}' | nl
echo "Enter path of the directory you want to extract or just press enter to extract everything: "
read path... (1 Reply)
I'm not talking about the assembly instruction TAS, a better name could be check-and-set :) Anyway, is there a way to simplify the following
if ; then VAR="something"; fi
I have ~20 variables that should be test-and-set like this, and it really looks lame. (2 Replies)
Trying to search a log file for a string, starting from a certain point in the log file. I want to return the number of lines that contain the search string and the total number of lines in the log file. Here's the part of the script I'm having problems with:
set -- $(awk -v... (12 Replies)
Hi all,
I don't want to enter below command on solaris every time.
How do i permanently set this command on Solaris.
I know that this operation is a piece of cake on redhat because there is a /etc/rc.local file on it.
But Solaris ????
bash-3.00#export PS1="\e (2 Replies)
Howdy, I got a script that adds a esc char before all chars interpeted by bash shell but I wan't other solution. Is there a way to set ' and " as a non quotes type in bash (some local variable)? Have found that scsh is a non-quoting type shell but after reading Why I don't use scsh as a scripting... (3 Replies)
I have a bash script using "set -o nounset" to prevent unset variables.
However I have created a trap to run some cleanup options upon exit of the script which works fine for CTRL-C, etc. but if it hits and unset variable the trap does not run and the script bails out without having tidied up... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Will following set up work in bash script? I've got errors if assigning following binary command to a variable. But on the other hand, COMMAND="ls" works. Any explanation please? How can I assign binary command to a variable COMMAND then I can just call ${COMMAND}?
COMMAND="rsync"... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have 4 parameters passed to my shell and i validate if all four are entered using the following snippet:
if
then echo "Not entered"
else echo "entered"
fi
I get the following output as 'Not entered even when i enter the values for all prompts.
Please advise.
Thanks. (5 Replies)
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bootparams
BOOTPARAMS(5) BSD File Formats Manual BOOTPARAMS(5)NAME
bootparams -- boot parameter database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/bootparams
DESCRIPTION
The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless clients may request when booting over the network. Each client supported by
this server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the pathnames for its root and (optionally) swap areas.
Each line in the file (other than comment lines that begin with a #) specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that the client may
request by their logical names. The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, and may be continued onto multiple lines with a
backslash.
For example:
dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root
swap=host:/export/dummy/swap
dump=host:/export/dummy/swap
When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for its logical "root" it will be given the pathname ``host:/export/dummy/root'' as the
response to its RPC request. The "host:" component must be supplied.
FILES
/etc/bootparams default configuration file
SEE ALSO bootparamd(8)Linux NetKit (0.17) October 2, 1994 Linux NetKit (0.17)