Re: shell problems again...

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2003


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texte = Hi Le,long time... the OS now is FreeBSD 4.6 with WC 4.5 simple commands work. ls -al does. the /usr/bin/zip [filename].zip [filename] doesn't. gzip [filename] works.... i really need to use zip. i also posted long time ago messages about executing a shell script that i was passing variables to..thanks..On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Le Pham wrote:> This quick test code works on Redhat7.3 What is your OS? > > [text]filename=textfile.txt[/text] > [shell] > /usr/bin/zip [filename].zip [filename] > [/shell] > > The ls command works also > > 
> [shell]> ls -la> [/shell]>
> > Try it to see the results on your system. > > Thanks, > Le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kalin Mintchev > To: WebDNA Talk > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: shell problems again... > > > > > > ok. ther it is again... > > got zip and installed it. libraries, etc.... it works fine on the command > > line BUT this doesn't work in the [shell] > > > > [text]do=/usr/sbin/zip [file_name].zip [file_name][/text] > > [shell] > > [do] > > [/shell] > > > > i tried [raw] around it - nothing.... > > i'm thinking to do a shell script but i'd still have to pass the variable > > [file_name] to it... > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > grabbing at straws here... > > > > i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but > when i program in > > > > perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my > full command and then > > > > just pass that single variable to the shell. > > > > > > > > i.e. > > > > > > > > [text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] > > > > [shell] > > > > [dothis] > > > > [/shell] > > > thanks - i just saw that it doesn't work anyway... i don't know why yet. > > > apparently if you do: > > > > > > gzip -S .zip file > > > > > > is the same as > > > > > > gzip file > > > mv file.gz file.zip > > > > > > not good, not good... > > > i'm gonna get zip for bsd... thanks for helping out.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about > skinning the cat this > > > > > > way... > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > gzip [file_name] > > > > > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > > > > > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... > gunzip and > > > > > unzip are producing errors.... > > > > > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the > gnu > > > > > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > > > > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > > > > > nj-singles.com > > > > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has > been fixed. > > > > > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing > here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end > suffix is > > > > > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be > .zip (i > > > > > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the > gzip. > > > > > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine > on the > > > > > > > command line... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables > in the > > > > > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is > not > > > > > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > the mailing list . > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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  1. Re: shell problems again... (Le Pham 2003)
  2. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  3. Re: shell problems again... (Le Pham 2003)
  4. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  5. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  6. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  7. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  8. Re: shell problems again... (Dale's Stuff 2003)
  9. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  10. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  11. Re: shell problems again... (Stuart Tremain 2003)
  12. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  13. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  14. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  15. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  16. shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
Hi Le,long time... the OS now is FreeBSD 4.6 with WC 4.5 simple commands work. ls -al does. the /usr/bin/zip [filename].zip [filename] doesn't. gzip [filename] works.... i really need to use zip. i also posted long time ago messages about executing a shell script that i was passing variables to..thanks..On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Le Pham wrote:> This quick test code works on Redhat7.3 What is your OS? > > [text]filename=textfile.txt[/text] > [shell] > /usr/bin/zip [filename].zip [filename] > [/shell] > > The ls command works also > > 
> [shell]> ls -la> [/shell]>
> > Try it to see the results on your system. > > Thanks, > Le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kalin Mintchev > To: WebDNA Talk > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: shell problems again... > > > > > > ok. ther it is again... > > got zip and installed it. libraries, etc.... it works fine on the command > > line BUT this doesn't work in the [shell] > > > > [text]do=/usr/sbin/zip [file_name].zip [file_name][/text] > > [shell] > > [do] > > [/shell] > > > > i tried [raw] around it - nothing.... > > i'm thinking to do a shell script but i'd still have to pass the variable > > [file_name] to it... > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > grabbing at straws here... > > > > i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but > when i program in > > > > perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my > full command and then > > > > just pass that single variable to the shell. > > > > > > > > i.e. > > > > > > > > [text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] > > > > [shell] > > > > [dothis] > > > > [/shell] > > > thanks - i just saw that it doesn't work anyway... i don't know why yet. > > > apparently if you do: > > > > > > gzip -S .zip file > > > > > > is the same as > > > > > > gzip file > > > mv file.gz file.zip > > > > > > not good, not good... > > > i'm gonna get zip for bsd... thanks for helping out.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about > skinning the cat this > > > > > > way... > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > gzip [file_name] > > > > > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > > > > > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... > gunzip and > > > > > unzip are producing errors.... > > > > > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the > gnu > > > > > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > > > > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > > > > > nj-singles.com > > > > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has > been fixed. > > > > > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing > here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end > suffix is > > > > > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be > .zip (i > > > > > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the > gzip. > > > > > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine > on the > > > > > > > command line... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables > in the > > > > > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is > not > > > > > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > the mailing list . > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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