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I tried EXPORT of the variable from the function, but this failed to work as well. Is there a way to call the function without the creation of the subshell? I could use the value passed back as an...

Is there anyway around this? I'm really stuck at this point. Thanks.

In ksh I thought a global variable was any variable in a script or function that did not have the typeset command. I have a global in my calling script which I increment in a function, but the value...

I am using ksh88 and I am trying to catch the return status of opening a file using a file descriptor and the exec and eval commands. However I am not having much success. Here is what I have:
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Found a solution. I added an additional argument to the f_print_log routine to turn verbose off. I use this in the f_open_log routine and everything works fine.

I found what is causing the bad file descriptor, however I do not know how to get the funcitonallity I want to work. I left a line out out of the f_print_log function as I was trying not to make my...

Thanks for responding. I am running ksh88.

I am trying to right a function which uses a file descriptor to write to a log file. The problem is that the on the print statement the file descriptor is called bad. Now when I first open the file...