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Old 08-08-2014
Script error on tape usage
getting ./query[10]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `|' is not expected.

here is the top portion of the script below.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
DATE=`date +%b-%d`
TIME=`date +%H%M`
TIMEA=`date +%H:%M`
STAT=stat.csv
USERID=user
PASSWD=user_password
COMD="dsmadmc -id=$USERID -password=$PASSWD -dataonly=yes -noconfirm"
DRIVE1=`$COMD "q mount" | grep <drive_name1> | grep -v grep | wc -l`

Last edited by Don Cragun; 08-08-2014 at 04:10 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 08-08-2014
I have no problems with the code (once I remembered to remove the < > around the drive name).

The error happens on line 10, and only 9 lines are posted.
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