Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:40:17 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" <duiker@haggis.nl> To: "'BSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: syntax problem in /etc/csh.login Message-ID: <000001c2d42e$b3811300$1500000a@scrk.com> In-Reply-To: <3E4CDDF9.50207@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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<snippage> +> > if [ `whoami` =3D test ]; then +> > echo "" +> > echo -e "This is a test message for user test" && \ +> > echo "" +> > fi +> > ################################################### +> > </snip> +> > and got an error upon subsequent login as user "test": +> > "if: Expression Syntax." (without parens) +> >=20 +> > Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong?=20 +> > Guess: csh syntax is different from bash=20 +>=20 +> You're right! Well, thanks! +> > but beyond that I'm stumped. +>=20 +> beyond that comes 'man csh'. Oh for goodness sakes!!!! I am sure it does but reading man csh is a 2 week exercise.....which considering I don't normally use csh, but a few of my user opoulation does, it's not likely that I am going to absorb all the huge amount of information in man csh for a shell I never use personally. =20 +> Sorry, but you have to read it yourself! ;-) +>=20 +> Hint: As the name of the shell suggests, the syntax quite C-like. Response to "Hint" Most assuredly your response indicates substantial knowledge of C. Unlike you however, I am not a programmer but "catch on quickly" to most things.....and my post was no more than asking someone to "jumpstart me" which usually starts me on a reading binge in FURTHER pursuit of knowledge. Right now I have absolutely no clue as to where to begin. On this list of all places, I did not expect the supercilious "RTFM" response. It's uncalled for, it's unecessary and furthermore does not speak well of your willingness to be of assistance to those less knowledgeable than yourself. Instead it smacks of a (largely useless) demonstration of what *you* know and others *don't* know. I wonder...seriously....I wonder why you even elected to respond at all???? Remaining silent would have been the elegant solution. Regards to all - as always. -Colin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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