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Old 06-26-2008
case question

hi all
i have script call tmp1
run_object1
run_object2
case $? in
0) ;;
*) echo "error try again"
read an ;;
esac

can some one please explain to me from the case till the end of the script ?
thanks
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Old 06-26-2008
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Originally Posted by naamas03
hi all
i have script call tmp1
run_object1
run_object2
case $? in
0) ;;
*) echo "error try again"
read an ;;
esac

can some one please explain to me from the case till the end of the script ?
thanks
$? is the status returned from previous command.
In case of '0' (success) it does nothing.
In any other case, it echoes "error try again" and waits for user input to be read into the 'an' parameter.
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Old 06-26-2008
thank you very much!
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