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# 8  
Old 04-20-2012
new to scripting
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Perhaps something like this, if you have bash or ksh:

Code:
# Template script file

VAR1=asdf
VAR2=asdf

function do_something
{
        echo "do_something called"
}

function do_something_else
{
        echo "Wow, something else"
}

And you'd use it like
Code:
. /path/to/template ; do_something ; do_something_else

may be i could not get it completely: what are those function for in each script? please elaborate bit more.

problem here is:
each subprojects belogs to different group they dont wana write script/methods, instead they simple wana tell me files and cmmands and let me do how/what i do.
# 9  
Old 04-20-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajayyadavmca
may be i could not get it completely: what are those function for in each script? please elaborate bit more.
They are the 'configuration files'.
Quote:
problem here is:
each subprojects belogs to different group they dont wana write script/methods, instead they simple wana tell me files and cmmands and let me do how/what i do.
They are shell scripts though, even if they don't realize it. Look at them -- they set variables, run commands, and even redirect file output. About the only difference is the useless "cmd=" on the front of some lines.

If that's the way they really want to write them, perhaps they can be translated into shell scripts whenever you need to actually use them.

I still need more detail on what they're actually supposed to do if you need more than vague answers.
# 10  
Old 04-20-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
They are the 'configuration files'. They are shell scripts though, even if they don't realize it. Look at them -- they set variables, run commands, and even redirect file output. About the only difference is the useless "cmd=" on the front of some lines.

If that's the way they really want to write them, perhaps they can be translated into shell scripts whenever you need to actually use them.

I still need more detail on what they're actually supposed to do if you need more than vague answers.
i thought i have explained it well:
So all this process is when any error occurs in any of project they want to collect some logs and some information so these configuration template have files need to be copied at one place and cmd which will generate output that also need to be copied , so basically these configuration files are kind of template for them. so later if they want me to collect more data they can just add that in this file and i will process those for them. after collecting the data i will create a zip which will be used for debugging.

make sense or have any other question.
# 11  
Old 04-23-2012
So this:

Code:
file=/var/log/log1.log
file=/var/log/log2.log
cmd=ls -l
cmd=dir > /var/log/mylog.log

mean "run these commands, and on error, collect the above log files"?

The commands don't seem to have anything to do with the log files.
# 12  
Old 04-25-2012
thanks
thanks corona, i have changed the way of those file as you suggested before. so thats not required.
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