Hello,

This question may be simple for some, but I require some assistance:

I have a script which will be sent something like this:
So in my script I have a variable containing:
Within my script I need to seperate the different -o's (options).

So eventually I would end up with multiple variables:
So I know the different options I will be sent, so I need to search the intial variable for the options I know will be there, if they are then I need to extract them out and place them in the correct varaible. Any options I shouldn't be expecting I will need to ether ignore or place in there own 'TEMP' variable.

Make sense??

Any help would greatly be apprieciated.

You'd better tell us what language your script is going to be in.

Bash on a Linux system - Redhat or CentOS

Thanks,

Look at the `getopts' bash builtin command. The Advanced Bash Scripting guide (www.tldp.org) website will have examples.
Also look in the info bash manual.

OK I have had a look at the getopts command and functionality.

While I can get it to work in a simple script, if I try and use it in my printer driver script it fails, with messages such as:

The -o option to pr sends printer dependent options to the printer. It sounds like the problem may be with one of options you sent to the printer, rather than a problem with your script. Check which options your printer or printer driver accepts. Check that the correct printer is being used.

You can precede the pr command with eval, which will fill the command line argument array. Examine what the arguments & environment variables are. Are they what you expect.

My printer driver is bespoke, completelty created from scratch by myself. I figured I will keep it basic for now and just have one option sent to the driver. Which worked fine on my development machine.

When I moved my script over to the clients machine, it sends -oinv which is fine, however it also sends:

Which when on my development box it doesn't send. How can I stop it sending this??