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Old 07-10-2002
my case statement doesn't work..

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Hi friends,

I have chopped my case statementt out of my .profile and put it in another script called setsid. The case statement works when run from my .profile but not from my setsid file.

All that the script does is set an environmental variable based on user input. The variable is ORACLE_SID.

Here is my script.
Code:
#! /bin/sh

echo
echo "What do you want to set your ORACLE_SID to ?
1: wmsdata
2: wmstest
3: wmsctl"
echo
read RESPONSE DUMMY

case "$RESPONSE" in
1)
  ORACLE_SID=wmsdata
  export ORACLE_SID
  alias pfile='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/pfile/'
  alias bdump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/bdump/'
  alias udump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/udump/'
  ;;
2)
  ORACLE_SID=wmstest
  export ORACLE_SID
  alias pfile='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmstest/pfile/'
  alias bdump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmstest/bdump/' 
  alias udump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmstest/udump/'
  ;;
3)
  ORACLE_SID=wmsctl
  export ORACLE_SID
  alias pfile='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsctl/pfile/'
  alias bdump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsctl/bdump/'
  alias udump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsctl/udump/'
  ;;
*)
  ORACLE_SID=wmsdata
  export ORACLE_SID
  alias pfile='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/pfile/'
  alias bdump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/bdump/'
  alias udump='cd $ORACLE_HOME/admin/wmsdata/udump/'
  ;;
esac

The problem is that when I run this script the ORACLE_SID stays the same and does not change.

when I set -vx I notice that th list of commands associated with the reponse do run, yet the variable does not change.


Please help.

Thanks in advance

Suresh

added code tags for readability --oombera

Last edited by oombera; 02-19-2004 at 03:29 PM..
# 2  
Old 07-10-2002
I am new to unix, but i think i can give you a small tip, sometimes tips from stupids makes great history.. LOL

I think that the variable you are setting in your script, is only available for the shell your script is creating, in order to make it available for other shells, I am not sure, but i think you can use EXPORT {variable name} at the end of the script.
# 3  
Old 07-10-2002
HI,

RESPONSE is not needed outside of the script.
ORACLE_SID is, which is why it is exported.

exporting RESPONSE does nothing.
# 4  
Old 07-10-2002
majeed73 was kinda on the right track. When your login shell runs your shell script, it creates a child process. Inside that child process you are changing ORACLE_SID. Since it is exported, if that child process was to create any children of its own, those children would see the new ORACLE_SID. But a child cannot affect its parent. When the child process exits, the parent continues with the old value for ORACLE_SID. There is nothing that the child can do to change this. Ditto with your aliases by the way.

Since this stuff was in your .profile, your login shell must also be /bin/sh. The parent could invoke the script as a dotted script. Instead of:
"./script" or "script"
do this:
". ./script" or ". script"

That will cause the script to run in the current shell rather than a subshell. And you should be able to alias that:
alias script=". $HOME/realscript"
or whatever. So now the command "script" would do what you want.
# 5  
Old 07-10-2002
Thankyou very much for your help and explanation, works like a dream.

Again and Again this site never ceases to amaze me!
# 6  
Old 10-25-2002
. ./.profile

I have a similar problem, mine is AIX w/ksh.

I want to be able to 'restart' my login without have to type 'login' to exit and relogin completely to get my .profile to be invoked again.

If I typed, from my $HOME directory, ". ./.profile" (without the quotes of course), the environment variables I set all take effect. However, if I put this command ". ./.profile" in a file call "restart". It doesn't seem to do anything...I am still pointing to the database I first logged in with and the old variables still exist...Here's my restart script..simple enuff:

restart:
#!/bin/ksh
. ./.profile

.profile:

. $HOME/.promptuser

.promptuser:

export variable1...
export variable2...
etc.

Please advise how I can get the "restart" script to export new sets of variables again..right now, it executes and I get the prompt again to pick a database, but regardless of what choice I pick, it still points me back to whatever choice I picked when I first logged in to the server.

Okay, so I am too lazy to type . ./.profile or . $HOME/.profile from the $HOME directory... and want to be able to switch databases on the fly from anywhere that's why I am asking...thanx. It works but it doesn't work.

Gianni
# 7  
Old 10-25-2002
I believe your problem is that you are running a script and again starting another child process which means the parent does not have any changes.

Try setting up an alias for . ./.profile as follows:

$ alias redo='. ~/restart'
or even better
$ alias redo='. ~/.profile'

Then if you type in redo, you should get your change.
 
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