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# 1  
Old 06-12-2012
Csh script with Undefined variable error
hi there

I have this C shell script that was migrated from AIX to Linux, could someone please help me, I checked the syntax numerous times but I can't find out where the error is. The script is meant to find files older than 27 days and delete it

Code:
#!/usr/bin/csh
#

LOGFILE=/Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/log/`date +%d``hostname`prt.log

#
# Check if logfile exists
#
{
if [ \! -f $LOGFILE ]; then
    find `dirname $LOGFILE` -name '*'`hostname`prt.log -mtime +27 -exec rm {} \;
fi
} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

Error after running script:
Code:
up1as00:/Mailbox/Control/bin/printers # ./sunprint.sh
LOGFILE=/Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/log/12up1as00prt.log: Command not found.
{: Command not found.
LOGFILE: Undefined variable.

I created a dummy file but the error persists

Code:
up1as00:/Mailbox/Control/bin/printers # ls -ld /Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/log/12up1as00prt.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 12 11:15 /Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/log/12up1as00prt.log

Am I missing something here? (in terms of syntaxing?)
Last edited by hedkandi; 06-12-2012 at 12:28 AM.. Reason: grammar
# 2  
Old 06-12-2012
It is not a csh script, but a sh script, so the shebang is wrong. My guess is, it has always been executed as sh /path/to/script, in which case the shebang is treated as comment and is disregarded.. Try with #!/bin/sh
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# 3  
Old 06-12-2012
solved
@Scrutinizer, thanks alot, that fixed it!
# 4  
Old 06-12-2012
Not sure since I don't use the 'csh' shell, but try this:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/csh
#
set LOGFILE="/Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/log/`date +%d``hostname`prt.log"

#
# Check if logfile exists, if log file does not exist then find other log files older than 27 days and remove them.
#
if ( ! -f $LOGFILE ) then
  find `dirname $LOGFILE` -name "*`hostname`prt.log" -mtime +27 -exec rm -f {} \;
fi

# 5  
Old 06-12-2012
Hi spacebar

I am getting this error

Code:
up1as00:/tmp # ./a.sh
fi: Command not found.

---------- Post updated at 02:24 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:59 PM ----------

@Scrutinizer, I realise you are right, SAP is using sh /dir/dir/xxx.sh to run the script

Another question, does "set -x" work in Linux?

I have another 500++ lines of script and thats also giving me the same error, tho this time I used sh /dir/dir/script.sh to run it and its calling #!/usr/bin/sh

Code:
 # /Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/sendsapftp.sh: line 65: set: -
set: usage: set [--abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option] [arg ...]

[1]+  Exit 2                  sh /Mailbox/Control/bin/printers/sendsapftp.sh

Ill paste whats in lines stated in the error message:

Code:
set -x

I am suppose to get a file produced out of this, a printer list.txt which of course isn't generated
# 6  
Old 06-12-2012
It should, what is in sendsapftp.sh around line 65?
# 7  
Old 06-12-2012
Code:
# GLOBAL Variables
#
set -x

TRANS=/Mailbox/Control/bin

#PATH=.:/export/home/p01adm:/usr/sap/P01/SYS/exe/run:/oracle/P01/bin:/usr/bin:.:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb
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