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compare strings in ksh

how come this s*** is not working :mad: in ksh

Code:



echo "Schema status is : " $tmp_status

if [[ $tmp_status = "ERROR:" ]];

then

  echo "ERROR: schema not available. Please create the schema."

  SCHEMA_MISSING=1

fi



debug mode:



+ echo Schema status is :  Name

Schema status is :  Name

+ [ Name = ERROR: ]

ERROR: schema not available. Please create the schema.

How can "Name" and "ERROR:" be equal??

thanks

Hi.

I created a complete script of the fragment, like so:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh



# @(#) s1      Demonstrate string comparison.



echo

echo " ksh version is $KSH_VERSION"



echo

tmp_status=Name

echo "Schema status is : " $tmp_status

if [[ $tmp_status = "ERROR:" ]];

then

  echo "ERROR: schema not available. Please create the schema."

  SCHEMA_MISSING=1

else

        echo "FAILED: tmp_status is :$tmp_status:"

fi



exit 0

which produces:

Code:

% ./s1



 ksh version is @(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2



Schema status is :  Name

FAILED: tmp_status is :Name:

Perhaps I missed something, because this is how I expected it to run ... cheers, makyo

I did the same thing, slightly simplified:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh



export tmp_status="Name"



echo "Schema status is : " $tmp_status

if [[ $tmp_status = "ERROR:" ]];

then

  echo "ERROR: schema not available. Please create the schema."

  SCHEMA_MISSING=1

fi

and my output was:

Code:

Schema status is : Name

Looks ok to me.

works for me too :-/