Hi,
Gene Heskett wrote:
> if test ${InMail} = "gene"
> bin/mailwatcher: line 66: test: =: unary operator expected
The syntax problem is most probably about missing "-quotes around
the variable ecaluation ${InMail} which would have to be empty to
cause the message:
$ test $notdefined = "hello world"
-bash: test: =: unary operator expected
$ test "$notdefined" = "hello world"
$ defined=x
$ test $defined = "hello world"
$
Another negative syntax effect would happen if ${InMail} did consist
of more than one word:
$ multiword="x y"
$ test $multiword = "hello world"
-bash: test: too many arguments
(On the other hand, "gene" does not need its quotes because the
text is a single constant word. "hello world" needs them, because
of the blank on the middel.)
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Is ${InMail} supposed to be empty ?
If not, then the script has another problem about properly setting
the variable.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
