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switch user and execute expect script
hi all i'm trying to write some test driver for our application. i'd like to create scripts which allow me to switch user and from there on talk to the application as the user i've switched to. preferably i logon as every different user (i need several users with different permissions)... -
batch execution and mkfifo
hi i'm trying to set up a named pipe, stuff in some commands and - from another programm - execute the commands in the pipe. i thought, that after execution of the pipe, the pipe itself would die (disappear) - but mine doesn't: << program 1 >> mkfifo MYPIPE 'ps -ef' > MYPIPE & ...some time...- woche
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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IFS problem
hi this seems like a simple question: HOW DO I SET THE IFS VARIABLE IN MY SCRIPT? i just can't get it to work! i tried different things: IFS="." IFS=. IFS='.' echo $IFS # never returns what i want, just blank but non worked. i'm trying to define ifs at the beginning of my...- woche
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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writing a daemon
hello i'm trying to write a shell script which does something in a loop, ignores some signals (HUP,...) -etc. -> make it behave somewhat like a daemon. my problem: how can i communicate with my "daemon"? after having started the script as a background process, i would like to log off...- woche
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rename symbolic links
Hi Has anyone got an idea of how to rename a symbolic link other than deleting and recreating the links. thx woche -
cannot clear /var/adm/ras/errlog
Hello I got a problem with the errclear utility: I get an "unexpected eof"-error every time the cron job starts the utility. The size of errlog = 0. Maybe it was cleared using "> errlog" - which doesn't seem to be a good idea (I don't understand why). so I copied the errlog... -
cannot su to <someone> in cron-job
hi I'm trying to run a command through a cron-job. The command executes a REXX-Executable. I'm not quite sure "who I am" when I run the REXX as cron (->root?). Anyway, I try to set my environment variables to those required by running '.profile' at the beginning of my REXX. That didn't... -
root-directory full?
hi 1.: When I submit an "ls -al" command on the root-directory the system just spins, gives me no listing or error-message. Strangely, "ls" works. The "ls -al" command works on all the other directories. Is it possible, that there's no more room in my...
