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It means that executing/choosing that option quits the connection to the Unix server, closes the command prompt window, and returns the user to the Windows desktop.

Gee, thanks for the input robs.

Porter,

This is great! I am making significant progress. Here is the new code:

#!/bin/sh

while true; do
cat <<ENDINPUT

Menu of Options

1. Display all files in a user's home...

Porter,

Well, I made the switch to /bin/sh as you recommended. Sorry, I didn't see that earlier or wasn't paying attention. I am now able to execute options 2 and 3. However, when I enter 1 or...

#!/bin/csh

cat <<ENDINPUT

Menu of Options

1. Display all files in a user's home directory
2. Welcome yourself to the program
3. Display System Information
4. Exit back to Windows
...

AIX lc3bd1 3 4 00016D4F4C00

I put in the while statement and it's now telling me the following:

while: Expression Syntax

Now it won't even bring up the menu.

I'm not using Solaris 9. I'm just using plain, ol' Unix from what I know. I'm still getting the error message that option is an undefined variable.

Porter,

Okay, ignore my last post. I didn't see the second part of your response. What exactly do you mean by "put it around the /cat/read/case stuff"? I'm lost.

That didn't change anything. I'm still getting the message that "option" is an undefined variable. I'm ready to pull my hair out.

I am extremely desperate for help with this menu coding problem I'm having. Whenver I go to execute my script file, I keep getting an error message that says the following:

option: Undefined...

I am very new to Unix and don't know much about it. I've been trying to create a menu and what I don't understand is how to execute a command once a user makes a selection. I have the menu set up. In...

I am very new to Unix and don't know much about it. I've been trying to create a menu and what I don't understand is how to execute a command once a user makes a selection. I have the menu set up. ...

Porter,

I'm starting to understand this a little better. In option 1, I, or whoever is using the program, has to enter a user's name and have their home directory displayed. If no user name is...

Porter, thanks for the info. However, I don't understand how when a person presses "1", "2", etc. that it will execute the proper command. In your post, does "option1" refer to the person pressing...

I'm very new to Unix and know the simplest of its commands. I am trying to write a script file that has a menu with the following options showing:

1) Display all files in a user's home directory....

I'm working on a script for a basic menu with four options. The first option for the menu asks a user to put in anyone's user name and is supposed to display the user's home directory. If a user...

Robs,

Please ignore that last post. I tried echo and it worked. I must've done something wrong the first time I tried it. Now it's on to doing the code. I'll keep this thread going with the...

Robs,

Echo produces the same result:

Echo: command not found

Robs,

Thanks again. I'm now able to get the menu to display and I'm starting to slowly understand what you're posting. However, after the second "endinput", I have print -n "Please make a...

Robs,

Thank you for the reply, but I'm still confused after reading it. For example, I have no idea what the "cat << ENDINPUT" means. What do "sun," "ansi," and "wyse50" have to do with...

I am very new to Unix and know the basic commands. I have to write a script file and I'm completely lost. The script file is to show the following at the beginning:

Menu of Options

1. Display...