Pass Variable to smbclient

artvarck · 02-23-2010, 11:26 AM

I am trying to pass a variable to smbclient (OS X), but the variable is recognized only as its strict text.

Is there anything syntactically I have to do pass a variable created in the shell (bash) to smbclient (or perhaps any other interactive app)? I've seen references to variables as $[variable] or ${variable} but I've not been able to figure out what works.

Thanks.

TB0ne · 02-23-2010, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artvarck

I am trying to pass a variable to smbclient (OS X), but the variable is recognized only as its strict text.

Is there anything syntactically I have to do pass a variable created in the shell (bash) to smbclient (or perhaps any other interactive app)? I've seen references to variables as $[variable] or ${variable} but I've not been able to figure out what works.

Thanks.

Don't know, since you didn't post any of your code. Since we can't see it, don't know what variable you're trying to pass, what it contains, and where it comes from, or what the exact error(s) are that you're getting, we can't really say.

Post your code, but aside from that, I'd try to debug it first, by just echo'ing that variable out to the screen, to see what you're getting. Could be getting truncated, have a special character, etc., that the program is dying on later.

artvarck · 02-23-2010, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TB0ne

Don't know, since you didn't post any of your code. Since we can't see it, don't know what variable you're trying to pass, what it contains, and where it comes from, or what the exact error(s) are that you're getting, we can't really say.

. . . I'd try to debug it first, by just echo'ing that variable out to the screen, to see what you're getting. Could be getting truncated, have a special character, etc., that the program is dying on later.

Let's say I create a variable in bash, thusly:

computer$ todaylog=`date '+%m%d%y'`
computer$ echo $todaylog
computer$ 022310
computer$ touch log.$todaylog
computer$ ls
.
..
log.022310

computer$ smbclient //192.168.1.1 -U user pass
smb:\ > put log.$todaylog
log.$todaylog does not exist
smb:\ >echo $todaylog
echo: command not found
exit
computer$

How do I correctly pass the variable to smbclient?

Thx

Tinkster · 02-23-2010, 12:26 PM

Once you're running smbclient your bash-constructs become invisible;
you're probably better off to use an smbmount, do your bash-stuff,
and unmount the share again after you're done.

HasC · 02-23-2010, 12:44 PM

Or, using the "-c" parameter of smbclient, this way:

Code:

$ todaylog=`date '+%m%d%y'`
$ touch log.$todaylog
$ smbclient -c "put log.$todaylog" //192.168.1.1 -U user pass

artvarck · 02-23-2010, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HasC

Or, using the "-c" parameter of smbclient, this way:

Code:

$ todaylog=`date '+%m%d%y'`
$ touch log.$todaylog
$ smbclient -c "put log.$todaylog" //192.168.1.1 -U user pass

That was it! Thank you for your response.