Re: Problems with the new base-files-4.0-5?

[David Sastre]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> David Sastre wrote:
> >Please test if
> >
> >[ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
> 
> No, I think.
> 
> I get:
> 
> $ cat test_pr.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows
> NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
> 
> [ -e "${p}" ] && read -r PRINTER < "${p}" && PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
> 
> echo 'echo $PRINTER'
> echo $PRINTER
> 
> $ ./test_pr.sh
> echo $PRINTER
> HP Deskjet 3740 Series,winspool,Ne03:
> ----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> which is *wrong*. See ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above!
> 
> With base-files-4.0-4 I get:
> 
> $ echo $PRINTER
> HP Deskjet 3740 Series
> 
> which is right.
> 
> Ciao,
> Angelo.

Thanks for testing.
It looks like it's easier to solve this with a simple if statement.

p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows 
NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
if [ -e "${p}" ] ; then
  read -r PRINTER < "${p}"
  PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
fi

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