On 7/19/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Valent Turkovic wrote:
> > I get an error when trying to start this script:
> >
> > ./gaim-start.sh
> > ./gaim-start.sh: line 5: script-file=~/gaim-start.sh: No such file or
> > directory
> > ./gaim-start.sh: line 20: $script: ambiguous redirect
> >
> > I tried to edit line 5 and change "script-file" to "$script-file" and
> > that also didn't work so I tried changing it to "$script" and it still
> > doesn't work...
> >
> > I don't know enough bash to troubleshoot it.
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback and help Mikkel.
> >
> > Valent.
> >
> Please do not top post!
>
> I should have tested the script. It does not like script-file, so
> replace it with script_file. In line 20, there is a typo - it should
> be $script_file instead of $script file. ($script-file with the
> original value.)
>
> Mikkel
> --
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing?
>
Hi Mikkel, I found a few other bugs and corrected the script - but I
couldn't have done it without you - so thank you.
The script was a non-executable and "export" was missing so this is
the final version of the script:
================== cut ===============
$ cat gaim-start.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# A script to create a script to run GAIM at 8:15 am.
#
script_file=~/start-gaim.sh
if [ -z $XAUTHORITY ] ; then
echo XAUTHORITY in not set!
exit 1
fi
if [ -z $DISPLAY ] ; then
echo DISPLAY is not set!
exit 1
fi
echo \#\!/bin/bash > $script_file
echo export XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY >> $script_file
echo export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY >> $script_file
echo gaim >> $script_file
chmod +x $script_file
at -f $script_file 8:15 am
================== cut ===============
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