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Error getting while using sh command

Venu Ch
Venu Ch over 11 years ago

Hi all,

 I have below code in test file

 #! /bin/tcsh -f

set PWD = `pwd`

if ( -d $PWD/cds.lib ) then
else
echo "##################"
echo "Message: cds.lib is file"
echo "##################"
endif

when I am tring to exicute it it by sh("source ./dummy/test") throgh CIW i am getting below error in terminal.

 ./dummy/test: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
./dummy/test: line 6: `else'

When I am exicute same code in termnal


##################
Message: cds.lib is file
##################

 Please let me know what is the problem.

Thank you,

Chandaka

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    Andrew Beckett over 11 years ago

    That's because sh() runs a Bourne Shell not a csh. Your script is using csh syntax.

    You should either use csh("source ...") or make your script executable and directly do:

    sh("./dummy/test")

    Andrew 

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 11 years ago

    That's because sh() runs a Bourne Shell not a csh. Your script is using csh syntax.

    You should either use csh("source ...") or make your script executable and directly do:

    sh("./dummy/test")

    Andrew 

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