Re: osql script

Hi!

I will follow up on this next week as I am on vacation this week.

Thanks!

Dave Venus

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:22 PM, James K. Lowden <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:05:03 -0500
> David Venus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > After doing some testing with the osql script yesterday I found the
> > following:
> >
> >
> >    - For AIX (at least at 6.1 and 7.1) the host command needs to have
> > a "-n" switch to get the "new"
> >    format that the osql expects.
>
> Dave, thanks for reporting this.  I think of osql as an experiment in
> Bourne shell script portability, something no sane person should ever
> attempt.  Based on reports here, it's easier than it once was.  The
> domination of Linux & BSD is evinced by the fact that yours is the
> first AIX issue.  Solaris can't be too popular either, because osql
> won't run there.  At least on the Solaris I've been using
> lately, /bin/sh doesn't support the $() form of ``.
>
> If you would please post your modified osql to this list (or send
> it to me offlist) I'll happily merge in your changes.  Please tell me
> the output of uname(1) without options.  I will add code something like:
>
> if [ AIX = $(uname) ]
> then
>        HOSTOPTS=-n
> fi
> HOSTCMD="host {$HOSTOPTS}"
>
> and replace all references to host with ${HOSTCMD}.
>
> --jkl
>
>
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