Jeffery,

Thanks. Yeah I changed to use:
username=`echo $USER|awk '{print $1}'|tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`

and that seemed to work.

Thanks for the help.

Steve


On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:52:36 -0500, Jeffrey E Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why not just use the user.name system property? You should be able to
> reference it via ${user.name}
> 
> --
> Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> WebSphere Build SWAT Team Lead
> WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis)
> https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/mantis
> 
> "Steve S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/15/2004 08:59:17 AM:
> 
> > I am trying to run the following:
> >
> > <exec executable="/bin/sh" dir="/usr/local/tools/bin">
> >     <arg line="test_script"/>
> > </exec>
> >
> > test_script tries to do something like:
> > username=`who am i|awk '{print $1}'|tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`
> > where username is used as input for another script. I get the
> > following error though:
> > [exec] Must be attached to terminal for 'am I' option
> >
> > This seems simple but am I missing something obvious?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> 
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to