[foxboro] Unix script question

I did a search of the Free List archives for GCLBUG for an answer to the
problem below and though I found some entries from 2002 & 2006, they
didn't really get at the dilemma.
 

This is, no doubt, more of a Unix shell question than it is an I/A
question, but since most of our boxes are Solaris the two topics are
integrally tied together.  So, here goes ...

 

I am trying to use the GCLBUG value in a script to identify the machine
that is running the script.  The line in the script where I obtain the
value is as follows:

 

# establish the correct bit number based upon the wp number

BIT_NO=`echo $GCLBUG | tr WP BI`

 

Note that the actual station number is WP00XX.  The above command
returns a bit label of BI00XX.

 

So, if I start a shell (VT100) and run my script, the log file I get
shows that the script worked properly ...

 

+ echo WP0013 

+ tr WP BI 

BIT_NO=BI0013

 

But, whenever I run the script using cpShell or cron, the $GCLBUG value
is not available and I get the following in the log file ...

 

+ echo 

+ tr WP BI 

BIT_NO
 

Since I want to use the returned label to set a Boolean input on a block
in a compound, you can see that I have a problem.

 

I thought that perhaps the problem was one of timing when I was running
the script in a shell started at boot up using cpShell so I tried cron,
thinking it would be immune to any timing issues.  But, as indicated
above, the results are the same.  So, What do I need to do differently
so that the $GCLBUG value is available for my script?

 

Thanks

Matt Gunter

ATK Space Systems


 
 
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