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10-30-2005

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1. there's a missing command in the code ... and you cannot put that code in a cat HERE document because the cat command will only echo it instead of executing it ...

Code:

$name:$address:$city:$state:$zipCode:$phoneNumber >> phonebook 

should be ....

echo $name:$address:$city:$state:$zipCode:$phoneNumber >> phonebook

2. did you specify the path to the phonebook file?

also, you are putting in Here documents needlessly ... try to make your code simpler by ...

Code:

cat<<alldone1 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
           MENU PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 

    Press ${bold}A${off} to add information to the phonebook. 
    Press ${bold}C${off} to change phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}D${off} to display phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}R${off} to remove phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}Q${off} to quit the phonebook. 

alldone1

instead of ...

Code:

cat<<alldone1 

${bold} 
             WELCOME TO 
           MENU PROGRAM OF 
        THE PHONEBOOK PROJECT 
${off} 

alldone1 

cat<<alldone2 

    Press ${bold}A${off} to add information to the phonebook. 
    Press ${bold}C${off} to change phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}D${off} to display phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}R${off} to remove phonebook information. 
    Press ${bold}Q${off} to quit the phonebook. 

alldone2

... and variables that will have the same value throughout the script can be defined once at the beginning of the script and do not have to be redefined for each section ...

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sendsms(1)							      gnokii								sendsms(1)

NAME

       sendsms - command line tool to send SMSes using gnokii

SYNOPSIS

       sendsms [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       sendsms	allows	you  to  send a SMS using gnokii not knowing the syntax of gnokii command. It is written using dialog and allows to send a
       text SMS choosing recipients from the phone address book or entering it manually.

   OPTIONS
       Available options:

       [--debug|-D]
	      May bother with more debugging messages. For debugging purpose.

       --simul[ate], -S
	      Simulation mode. Doesn't really send SMS by phone. Only simulates. For debugging purpose.

       --forceSMread, -s
	      Forces sendsms to read phonebook from SIM card, and to parse the generated file in order to update the numbers' list (useful only if
	      required to pickup number from the phone's memory). See NOTE.

       --forceMEread, -m
	      Forces  sendsms  to  read  phonebook from phone memory, and to parse the generated file in order to update the numbers' list (useful
	      only if required to pickup number from the phone's memory). See NOTE.

       --skipgnokiicheck, -K
	      Skip the test of the presence of binary 'gnokii'. (It must be somewhere in your $PATH).  It allows you to try this  script  program,
	      even if you don't have 'gnokii' already. ;)

       --smsset, --setsms
	      Allows  you  to  preset  a  SMS message from STDIN. (pipe or input redirection).	This message will be proposed on the 'SMS message'
	      field during the program input cycle.

       --help, -h, /h
	      display this help and exit

       --version, -V
	      output version information and exit"

       NOTE:  If you require to pickup number from phone's memory (or from SIM card), for the first time, it  anyway  reads  phonebook	from  your
	      mobile phone.  (It may take a while... please, be patient ;-)

BUGS

       None reported.

AUTHOR

       Sendsms was written by Gabriele Zappi - Rimini <gzappi@inwind.it>.

       This manual page was written by Pawel Kot.

COPYING

       This program is distributed under the GNU Public License.

SEE ALSO

       gnokii

Pawel Kot							  August 29, 2003							sendsms(1)

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