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Old 05-29-2013
Export Variable throws message
Friends,

I'm trying to export a variable as follows. But getting error message "not a valid identifier". However the variable has exact value.

Code:
[root@local]# INSTSALL_PATH=/opt/tmp/Ora10.9/default
[root@local]# ORAHOME=/apps/opt/Oracle
[root@local]# export ${ORAHOME}=${INSTSALL_PATH}
-bash: export: `/apps/opt/Oracle=/opt/tmp/Ora10.9/default': not a valid identifier

I do have more than 500 lines which throws same error message. Currently i'm passing to devnull which i dont want to do.

Thanks
Bala
# 2  
Old 05-29-2013
/apps/opt/Oracle this cannot be accepted as a variable. And this is not a way to export variables.

If you want to export ORAHOME & INSTALL_PATH do it separately,
Code:
export $ORAHOME $INSTALL_PATH

# 3  
Old 05-29-2013
If this is single variable i can do it separately.

But i have similar kind of keystring and valuestring for multiple product.
# 4  
Old 05-29-2013
Do one thing,

Get all the values to be exported in a file, say exports.lst
Code:
INSTSALL_PATH=/opt/tmp/Ora10.9/default
ORAHOME=/apps/opt/Oracle

add this to your script.
Code:
. ./exports.lst
while IFS='=' read var val
do
export $var
done < ./exports.lst

what say? Smilie
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