Corey Popelier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes I have this problem also. I assume we shall await a fix. And use
> Mozilla in the meantime :)
Or we could try to fix it... the error is with the code:
for d in \
/usr/lib/netscape/base-4/wrapper.d \
/usr/lib/netscape/$VER \
/usr/lib/netscape/$VER/$BIN ;do
for f in (cd $d;ls -1 . | sort); do
. $d/$f
done
done
And the problem seems to be with a syntax error at the line
for f in (cd $d;ls -1 . | sort); do
According to "man bash", the "(cd $d;ls -1 . | sort)" is a compound
command where the stuff in brackets is executed in its own shell. So
what this line seems to be trying to do, is to go to a certain
directory, get a sorted listing of the files there and then go through
them one by one, executing ". $d/$f" for each of them. What is the
"." command??? I thought it was the current directory?
Anyway, the reason for the syntax error is with the definition of a
for loop in bash. From "man bash":
for name [ in word ] ; do list ; done
Now "word" is a list of blank separated words I believe, so it does
not allow the "(cd $d;ls -1 . | sort)" construction to be used here.
So somehow we need to find an alternative.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mark.
P.S. For any replies, please cc a copy directly to me.
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> > I've just updated my system to the current frozen, and included in
> > this update was the installation of netscape 4.73.
> >
> > When I now run netscape, it bombs out, complaining of:
> >
> > $ netscape
> > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: syntax error near unexpected token `(c'
> > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: ` for f in (cd $d;ls -1 . |
> > sort); do'
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone else know the fix?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > P.S. Please cc a copy of any reply directly to me as I currently read
> > the list only via the archives --- and I can't even do that now that
> > netscape is not working.
> >
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