Re: [foxboro] while...do defunct?

2nd attempt...

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas G. Lloyd [mailto:DGLControls@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:17 AM
To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [foxboro] while...do defunct?

Sasha,

I've also noticed that many shell scripts that worked fine in NT/MKS no
longer work or produce very different results in XP/MKS.  In most =
instances,
the scripts execute with no errors, but don't do what they are "supposed =
to
do".  Since a lot of script development tends to be "borrow and modify =
and
test and evolve until it works", I'm really not happy about having to
revisit many years worth of scripting efforts and starting over again.  =
So,
I keep an old hard drive with an NT system and am hoping for an answer =
to
this problem.

Has anyone found an alternative Bourne-like shell for XP that behaves =
like
the old NT/MKS shell?  I've downloaded a huge (+220MB) "Windows Services =
for
Unix 3.5" package from MS that includes a Korn shell and a C shell, but
haven't had time to test them out for NT/MKS compatibility.

Regards,

Doug Lloyd
DGL Controls


-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =
On
Behalf Of Sascha Wildner
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:39 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] while...do defunct?

Edwin Nasol wrote:

> Modifed to:
>=20
>    # Defined before main compound loop
>    BLK_LIST=3D/tmp/cae_blk.lst
>    ...
>=20
>    echo `{...some iccdrvr.tsk/awk tasks to generate blocknames for a =
given
> compound...}` \
>    > $BLK_LIST
>    while read blk
>    do
>       {...statements to process block...}
>    done < $BLK_LIST
>=20
>    ...
>    # Clean-up after main compound loop
>    rm -f $BLK_LIST

Edwin, thanks for your answer.

Yes, there are several workarounds to this problem, but to be honest=20
it's rather annoying having to change all scripts since it also reduces=20
portability between Solaris and NT (and hey, that's the reason why MKS=20
is there, to be compatible, no?).

I've sent a CAR to Invensys regarding this problem more than a year ago=20
(CAR number 1004771 submitted on Jul. 17, 2003). This CAR did get an=20
Oct. 17, 2003 target date.  Oct. 17 came and went without anything=20
happening. Last message on the CAR page in FoxCSC is:

1/26/04 - (PB): Requested status update for (RWB) to Will Gell and=20
copied Tom Schonbach.

I'm still waiting for an answer, not to mention a _solution_.

Maybe someone here knows why this problem has not been fixed yet.

Regards,
Sascha

--=20
Sascha Wildner
erpicon Software Development GmbH
Neusser Str. 724-726
50737 K=F6ln
Germany

Phone: +49 221 9746069
Fax:   +49 221 9746099
eMail: swildner@xxxxxxxxxx

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