Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:58:22 +0100 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: "Colin J. Raven" <duiker@haggis.nl> Cc: 'BSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: syntax problem in /etc/csh.login Message-ID: <3E4D121E.30004@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <000001c2d42e$b3811300$1500000a@scrk.com>
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Colin J. Raven wrote: > <snippage> > +> > if [ `whoami` = 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) > +> > > +> > Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? > +> > Guess: csh syntax is different from bash > +> > +> You're right! > Well, thanks! > > +> > but beyond that I'm stumped. > +> > +> 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. > > +> Sorry, but you have to read it yourself! ;-) > +> > +> 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. Hey man, cool down :-) man pages *are* the primary source of information. Also i don't know the csh syntax myself (only use sh/bash), that's why i referred you to the man page. I also have *very* limited knowledge about C, but the name "c-shell" really comes from C. This happens to be one of the things that i remember from my first UNIX course some 10 years ago. The csh man page is in fact very long, but you don't have to read it completely. I had a look into it myself, by browsing and searching (use the "/" (slash) button) one can find the "if" syntax quite quickly. Sorry for having hurt your feelings :-) Kond regards, Heinrich To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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