On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:51:07 -0700, Peter Bako wrote: >Hum, I get a "syntax error: '*' unexpected" > IJWFM using sh or ksh on 3.7 i386 entering year and the calc line at the prompt and echoing $daycount at the prompt.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Erdely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:20 PM >To: Peter Bako >Cc: misc@openbsd.org >Subject: Re: SH programming > > >On 6/26/05, Peter Bako <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> dayscount=$(expr ($year - 1900) * 365) > >Try: >dayscount=$((($year - 1900) * 365)) > >-- >http://erdelynet.com/ > >Support OpenBSD! http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html > > >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over? Do NOT CC me - I am subscribed to the list. Replies to the sender address will fail except from the list-server.