Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:24:34 -0700 From: David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: variable assignment in shell script Message-ID: <20040312002434.GF7734@asu.edu>
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I'm at a dead on. I'm trying to assign a variable MT='/usr/bin/mt -f /dev/nrsa0' in a shell script. The trouble is that the assignment isn't made and the script writes to stdout/err ./l0dump.sh: /dev/nrsa0: permission denied where l0dump.sh is the name of the script. Why would this assignment fail? I am running this as root. root definately has write access the /dev/nrsa0. This is really maddening. Any pointers? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"
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