I have a basic question about a script. In this script, I want to mount a network drive, if successful, then do somethings, otherwise, exit. My script is like this:
#!/bin/csh if ( `mount sever2:/opt /mnt` ) then .... umount /mnt endif
When I run this script, it does mount the network drive (server2 has done all nfs, exportfs etc.), but did not do anything inside the if-endif, and did not umount it. How should I write this script?
In your script, the `mount sever2:/opt /mnt` runs the command and any output generated by the command is substituted into where the quote marks were. So, if as normal, no output is produced, you end up with:
if ( ) then ... endif
which doesn't make much sense. You don't need the backquotes.
I'd steer clear of scripting in csh if I was you (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/). In sh you could do it like this:
#!/bin/sh if mount sever2:/opt /mnt; then ... umount /mnt fi
Paul.
