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Old 05-23-2005
"bad number" message
Hi,

running a script fine , i get twice the following message and whether i put "set -x" , i don't see what's going wrong :

/users/notes01/scripts/sad/util/verif_boot_notes.ksh[13]: Ma: bad number

any ideas ?

regards
Christian
# 2  
Old 05-23-2005
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

typeset -i num

num='foo'

# 3  
Old 05-23-2005
Sorry , i don't understand the relationship with my "bad number" !

What is "Ma:" ?

Christian
# 4  
Old 05-23-2005
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Originally Posted by Nicol
Sorry , i don't understand the relationship with my "bad number" !

What is "Ma:" ?

Christian
if you run my sample script [a.sh]you get:
./a.sh[5]: foo: bad number

In your case it seems like you're assigning a value of 'Ma' to an integer variable on line 13 in the script /users/notes01/scripts/sad/util/verif_boot_notes.ksh
# 5  
Old 05-23-2005
Thanks for your explanation , i will look !

christian
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