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Old 09-26-2007
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Hello all,

new to scripting (and unix!) here. Im trying to write a script for something i have to do for work and for some reason it just isnt working.

im using the ksh.

Can someone please tell me why

Code:
$PRODUCT=$1

CONFIG=./etc/$PRODUCT_config.xml

print Using $CONFIG

prints "Using ./etc.xml" ?
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Old 09-26-2007
Try this:
Code:
$PRODUCT=$1

CONFIG=./etc/${PRODUCT}_config.xml

print Using $CONFIG

The shell is interpreting PRODUCT_config as the variable name rather than PRODUCT, because _ is allowed to be part of variable name.
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