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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:17:19 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
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Subject: Re: Broken Startup Script
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:45:28PM +0200, Nelis Lamprecht wrote:
> Hi People,
> 
> Since upgrading to latest stable a few of my startup scripts have
> stopped working due to the changes in sh. I have fixed most but not sure
> how to fix the below script which keeps giving me [:
> /usr/local/sbin/snmpd: unexpected operator
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Nelis
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> if ! PREFIX=$(expr $0 : "\(/.*\)/etc/rc\.d/$(basename $0)\$"); then
>     echo "$0: Cannot determine the PREFIX" >&2
>     exit 1
> fi
> 
> case "$1" in
> start)

I would guess, if you have accurately pasted this the next two lines
should be 1 line ... a " \" to the end of the first one (space
backslash, nothing after the backslash).

> 	[ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd -c ${PREFIX}/share/snmp/snmpd.conf ] &&
> ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd && echo -n ' snmpd'
> 	;;
> stop)
> 	killall snmpd && echo -n ' snmpd'
> 	;;
> *)
> 	echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
> 	;;
> esac
> 
> exit 0
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

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