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 =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html =20 foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave