Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Marco Gerards
"Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> >> BTW, i notice that echo.c exists, but no echo.mod is generated. >> > >> > Because echo is such a "core" command it is built right into the kernel >> > AFAIK... >> >> No, it's even a normal mode command. > > So, is it built as part of a module

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Alex Roman
On 09/06/07, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 09/06/07, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I try the following command: >> >> set AA=1 >> set BB=$AA > > Taking a quick look at command.c where the "set" command is defined, > it doesn't look li

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Marco Gerards
"Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 09/06/07, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I try the following command: >> >> set AA=1 >> set BB=$AA > > Taking a quick look at command.c where the "set" command is defined, > it doesn't look like that feature is implemented. Even in grub_env_set > i

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I try the following command: > > set AA=1 > set BB=$AA > > then type set, it shows: > > AA=1 > BB= > > should the value of BB be 1 ? This is a known bug :-/ > BTW, i notice that echo.c exists, but no echo.mod is generated. I will have a look at this. -- Marco

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Alex Roman
On 09/06/07, Alex Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying to code this feature but I'm noticing something peculiar... In command.c, function set_command I do the following just before "var = args[0];": grub_printf( "args[0]: %s\n", args[0] ); If args[0] contains a '$', the string is displa

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Bean
On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 03:01:12AM -0400, Alex Roman wrote: > >BTW, i notice that echo.c exists, but no echo.mod is generated. > > Because echo is such a "core" command it is built right into the kernel > AFAIK... > But when i try to use it in the grub console, it says unknown command: grub> e

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Alex Roman
On 09/06/07, Alex Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm, after some further thought, I think it would make more sense to put it in grub_env_set function because that allows the feature to be use throughout the grub2 source code... It could be useful in some places... I'm trying to code this feat

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Alex Roman
I'm willing to implement this feature... Where do you, devs, think this would be better suited? In the set command, or in the grub_env_set function? Hmm, after some further thought, I think it would make more sense to put it in grub_env_set function because that allows the feature to be use thro

Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-09 Thread Alex Roman
On 09/06/07, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I try the following command: set AA=1 set BB=$AA Taking a quick look at command.c where the "set" command is defined, it doesn't look like that feature is implemented. Even in grub_env_set in env.c it isn't implemented. I'm willing to implement thi

Variable assignment not working as expected

2007-06-08 Thread Bean
I try the following command: set AA=1 set BB=$AA then type set, it shows: AA=1 BB= should the value of BB be 1 ? BTW, i notice that echo.c exists, but no echo.mod is generated. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/ma