El Jueves, 7 de Junio de 2007 15:00, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez escribió: > Hi folks > > I'm completely lost due to probably I'm missing something but I cannot find > what is it. > I'm porting an AIX shell script to linux. > It's supposed to run between two hours the user select in a .conf file > which is more or less something like: > > min_hour 9 > > max_hour 11 > > If the user launch the script at for example 8 it won't run, again, it will > only run between 9 and 11. > > To do that I'm using this piece of code: > > > MIN_HOUR=0 > MAX_HOUR=0 > while [ 1 ] > do > > if [ "$MAX_HOUR" != "$MIN_HOUR" ] > then > while [ $CURRENT_HOUR -lt $MIN_HOUR ] || [ $CURRENT_HOUR > -gt $MAX_HOUR ] > do > CURRENT_HOUR=`date +"%H"` > echo "Waiting to valid time ($MIN_HOUR - $MAX_HOUR, > current $CURRENT_HOUR)" >> $LOGFILE.err > sleep 300 > done > fi > > The problem actually is that if I set an hour which is not between the > interval the script is allowed to run...I'd run anyways > So the problem is the comparation, I guess... > It runs perfectly in AIX > Any ideas will be apreciated > > Thanks > Manuel > I forgot this part, which is the one that drives me mad: line 194: [: -lt: unary operator expected And line 194 is while [ $CURRENT_HOUR -lt $MIN_HOUR ] || [ $CURRENT_HOUR -gt $MAX_HOUR ] Cheers -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
