Date: 24 Feb 2002 00:18:14 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Jeff Jeter <gsfgf@hotmail.com> Cc: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux shell scripts Message-ID: <1014527895.6683.24.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <OE50DKpzxDPHprp5yLZ00009712@hotmail.com> References: <OE727nlT2NqFJ3sl3xb0000970f@hotmail.com> <1014513894.57377.130.camel@osiris.sigterm.com> <OE50DKpzxDPHprp5yLZ00009712@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 21:20, Jeff Jeter wrote:
> Thanks, installing bash fixed one.
> The other i referred to in an earlier post regardint turboprint. It is
> generated by another script which works fine. attached is the generator
> script.
>
> Here is the output:
I don't really know a lot about this script, but....
>
> OUTPUT:
> bsd# turboprint -Plp testpage-a4.ps output.prn
> turboprint - executing tpfilter manually
> printer name: lp
> spool directory: turbo2
> *** calling tpfilter now ***
> head: illegal line count -- 1c
I think changing the head call to:
head -c 1
Will fix this error.
> eval: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Make sure you're using this script with the bash2 port. You'll probably
need bash 2.04 or later to run this script successfully.
> *** tpfilter finished ***
> the output file may be copied to the printer now
> for example: cat [OUTPUTFILE] > /dev/lp0
> bsd#
Have you looked at /usr/ports/print/apsfilter? This is a much more
sophisticated printing system that works out of the box on FreeBSD.
I've been using it for some time now, and I love it.
Joe
>
> Thanks
> Jeff Jeter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Tanner" <stuart@sigterm.com>
> To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@hotmail.com>
> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Linux shell scripts
>
>
> > On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 13:17, Jeff Jeter wrote:
> > > I have several apps that use shell schripts. THese apps are designed
> for linux. when i run these scripts with sh i get odd errors such as Syntax
> error: unexpected ")" and
> > > function: not found
> > > Syntax error: unexpected "}".
> > >
> > > I ran the one of them w/ the unexpected "}" w/ csh, and tcsh got this
> error.
> > > CONFARGS=--enable-opengl: Connand not found
> > > prefix=/usr/local: command not found
> > > prefix: undefined variable
> > >
> > > How do i geth these working. I can post the (t)csh output from the
> other script if needed.
> >
> > Are the shells that the scripts are written for installed?
> >
> > --
> > Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com>
> >
> > Dave Mack: "Your stupidity, Allen, is simply not up to par."
> > Allen Gwinn: "Yours is."
> >
> >
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