how to catch function return value in solaris

nagendrar · 05-02-2010, 11:54 PM

I pass the return value of fnReturnFunction() to "value" variable as shown below.
It is working fine in linux but not on solaris.

fnReturnFunction()
{
echo $1$2
}
value=$(fnReturnFunction "holly" "wood")
echo $value

In Solaris i am getting following error

Code:

"The following code is used to handle return value of fnReturnFunction with "value" ."

Please help me to solve the problem on Solaris.

ThanQ,
Nagendra

nagendrar · 05-03-2010, 12:00 AM

Sorry above updating error is wrong .
It gives following error

Code:

syntax error at line 5: `value=$' unexpected

ThanQ,
Nagendra

nagendrar · 05-03-2010, 12:18 AM

I got it by changing function calling from value=$(fnReturnFunction "holly" "wood") to value=`fnReturnFunction "holly" "wood"`

ThanQ,
Nagendra

jlliagre · 05-03-2010, 01:51 AM

Use a decent shell like ksh, bash or /usr/xpg4/bin/sh. /bin/sh is long obsolete.