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# 1  
Old 08-23-2004
what it means?

I have a command called

cd $HDRROOT/release/tools/cfg

My query is what it means?

tHat is.... $HDRROOT part is not clear.

If I put this command it says path not found....

I doubt that $HDRROOT is trying to mean smething I am not clear of.

PL help.........
# 2  
Old 08-23-2004
"$HDRROOT" looks like an environment setting that is set a directory path...

What do you get back if you type "echo $HDRROOT " ??
# 3  
Old 08-24-2004
actually nothing.

Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
You have mail.

TERM is set to "vt100".
WARNING: YOU ARE SUPERUSER !!
ap11:root > echo $HDRROOT

ap11:root >


=====================

The envioronment setting... can any one pl elaborate a little on it..

I think that holds the key
# 4  
Old 08-24-2004
To work the $HDRROOT env setting would have to be set up as a directory path up to "/release/tools/cfg"...

Then when you run the command, whatever is being stored in $HDRROOT would be substituted into the command.



Do you know what the full path name is to ../release/tools/cfg ??
# 5  
Old 08-31-2004
is this command part of a script
 
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