b> Unfortunately, bash doesn't put the executed
b> output in the variable, it puts the text itself
b> in. Any other ideas?
I see in later mail you found a solution, but I see a
problem here.
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> USER=bryce
>> NFSMOUNT=somenfsmount
>> FILENAME=somefilename
>> COMPUTERNAME=`uname -n`
>> DATE=`date +%m-%d-%y`
>> DIRECTORYTOBU=somedirectorytobu
>>
>> su $USER -c "cd /home/$USER; tar czf \
>> $NFSMOUNT/$FILENAME.$COMPUTERNAME.$DATE.tar.gz $DIRECTORYTOBU/"
Does the last statement get the values set? su runs in
a subshell. Isn't it necessary to export the variables
for this to work?
I haven't played with it myself, so I don't know the
answer, but I do recall dealing with this very thing in
a script I wrote about 15 years ago. Anything I
expected to carry over into the su I had to export.
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Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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