Shell Programming and Scripting

I know this is kindof a noob question, but Im trying to convert a simple batch file to shell, but Im new to shell scripting.

What would the following be in shell script:

Code:

setlocal
set OK=N

set CUR_DIR=%~dp0
set CURRENT_TIME=%TIME:~0, 1%%TIME:~1,1%%TIME:~3,2%%TIME:~6,2%%TIME:~9,2%

I've read up on setlocal and ~dp0 conversions to shell but I'm not sure... Also, Im not sure what set OK=N actually does.
But this is what I've come up with...

Code:

export LC_ALL=C
export OK=N

export CUR_DIR=$(dirname $0)
export CURRENT_TIME=$(date "+ %H%M%S")

Not Sure if its correct at all because Im not sure what setlocal and OK=N is actually doing on a windows machine vs mac/unix.
Also, couldn't figure out how to get the milliseconds in there like the batch file...

Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks

Why does the script need time to miliseconds? I suspect it's attempting to generate a unique temporary file, in which case the unix mktemp command is preferable.

If you really need time with ms and you have gnudate you can do:

Code:

CURRENT_TIME=$(date "+%H%M%S")$(( $(date +%N) / 10000000 ))

MSDOS setlocal has nothing to do with locale, it controls the scope of environment changes not language stuff.

Thanks Chubler,

So basically to give you and everyone a little background on the entire script is that it is a setup script that downloads and unzips things like eclipse, maven, apache, tomcat, etc... and places them in their correct directories so that when the script runs once; the development environment is setup for any new user...

That said your response makes sense and is very appreciated...

I also figured out what the OK=N is with the help of a question I posted in stackOverflow, basically in the batch script it was a variable that was created for debugging purposes only...

Thanks again for your help...