UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

Here is my program that is returning a DATE:

#! /usr/bin/ksh

db=tcore_dev1


bteq <<end
.logon $password_core
.export report file=$BTEQ_OUTPUT_FILE_$$

select cast(add_months(cast(substr(cast(max(closedate) as varchar(10)),1,8)||'01' as Date),1)-1 as timestamp(0)) from $db.repo
rting;

.export reset
.if errorcode <> 0 then .quit errorcode

end

var=`tail -1 $BTEQ_OUTPUT_FILE_$$ `
rm -f $BTEQ_OUTPUT_FILE_$$
echo $var
return $var


now when I am calling this script from my master script, some dirty data is coming.

Master Script:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

business_date=`getNextCloseDate`
echo Business_date is $business_date

Can anybody help to solve this.

Thanks in advance
--Mahek

Child Script

Code:

#! /bin/ksh
# child.ksh

if [[ some condition ]]
then
       exit 256
fi
...

exit 0

Parent/Master Script

Code:

#! /bin/ksh
# parent.ksh calls child.ksh
...
echo 
./child.ksh
child_return_code=$?
echo $child_return_code

This $? in the parent script will have the return code as per the above.

Hope this is what you were looking for

Code:

err=99
if [ $errcode -ne 0 ]
then
exit $err
fi