RE: [cciug] Scripting problem

From: EXTERN Yeats Darren (WA Consultants; K5/ESQ1) (Darren.Yeats@de.bosch.com)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 11:02:17 EST

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Dave,
The problem is that the ${CLEARCASE_XPN} gets interpreted by the shell, not
by cleartool.

Try
ct find ${VOB} -branch brtype(${BRANCH_TYPE}) -exec 'echo ${CLEARCASE_XPN}'

(single quotes, which protects the ${...})

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Bainbridge [SMTP:david.bainbridge@uab.ericsson.se
> Sent:	Monday, January 31, 2000 4:49 PM
> To:	Bittner, Herbert G
> Cc:	CCIUG
> Subject:	Re: [cciug] Scripting problem
> 
> 
> Thatnks, Herbert,
> 
> Unfortunately that does not solve the problem :-(
> 
> As I said, the echo command is called correctly but the contents of the
> CLEARCASE_XPN variable is not passed to the exec command.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> dave
> 
> 
> "Bittner, Herbert G" wrote:
> 
> > Try putting the -exec command in double quotes, ie:
> >
> > ct find ${VOB} -branch brtype(${BRANCH_TYPE}) -exec "echo
> $CLEARCASE_XPN"
> >
> > The command line, and script line, should be the same.
> >
> > HTH...
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David Bainbridge [SMTP:david.bainbridge@uab.ericsson.se
> > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 10:02 AM
> > > To:   cciug@Rational.Com
> > > Subject:      [cciug] Scripting problem
> > >
> > >
> > > I am trying to do an exec following a find in a Bourne script (CC
> 3.2.1
> > > on Solaris).
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > ct find ${VOB} -branch brtype(${BRANCH_TYPE}) -exec echo
> > > ${CLEARCASE_XPN}
> > >
> > > Both the VOB and branch type are appearing in the command but
> > > CLEARCASE_XPN is not, so I get a new line at the echo instead of the
> > > extended pathname. (I don't want to use the echo command - I actually
> > > need to use rmelem but this is for debug purposes only).
> > >
> > > Any ideas anyone ...? Again the examples in the manual all relate to
> the
> > > command line - and that works fine.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
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