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Old 09-21-2013
Reg trap signals

Code:
let LIMIT=50  
function check {  
 if [[ LIMIT -eq 50 ]]; then  
   print LIMIT OK  
 else  
   print "LIMIT changed!"  
 fi  
}  
trap check DEBUG  
print $LIMIT  
LIMIT=$((LIMIT + 30))  
trap - DEBUG

Can anyone tell me how debugging is accomplished??

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 09-21-2013 at 10:59 AM..
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Old 09-21-2013
What shell are you using?
# 3  
Old 09-21-2013
using Ksh
# 4  
Old 09-21-2013
In recent versions of ksh, trap action DEBUG causes action to be executed just before each simple command the shell executes after that until the trap is removed. The DEBUG trap action is not inherited by subshells nor in functions. To get a better view of what is going on, you might want to try the following modification of your code:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
let LIMIT=50
function check {
        printf "In check: %s\n" "${.sh.command}"
        if [[ LIMIT -eq 50 ]]
        then    print LIMIT OK
        else    print "LIMIT changed!"
        fi
} 
echo 1
trap check DEBUG
echo 2
print $LIMIT
if [ $LIMIT -gt 40 ]
then    echo 3t
else    echo 3f
fi
LIMIT=$((LIMIT + 30))
echo 4
trap - DEBUG
echo 5

Note that the compound variable .sh.command is the command that is about to be executed. The above script produces:
Code:
1
In check: echo 2
LIMIT OK
2
In check: print 50
LIMIT OK
50
In check: '[' 50 -gt 40 ']'
LIMIT OK
In check: echo 3t
LIMIT OK
3t
In check: LIMIT=80
LIMIT changed!
In check: echo 4
LIMIT changed!
4
In check: trap - DEBUG
LIMIT changed!
5


Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-21-2013 at 05:19 PM.. Reason: Fix typo
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Old 09-22-2013
Thanks Don, your post was useful.
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