From: A. Mahendra Rajah (Mahendra.Rajah@URegina.CA)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 16:37:43 EST
When the I/O unit is a variable, the exec statement fails
as follows:
k=4
set -xv
exec ${k}< File25.dat
+ exec 4
+ 0< File25.dat
ask.shl[11]: 4: not found
How can one use variables in the exec statement to open files?
Thanks,
-- mahendra
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A. Mahendra Rajah Email: Mahendra.Rajah@URegina.CA
Tru64 UNIX Systems Manager Phone: (306) 585-4496
Dept. of Computing Services FAX: (306) 337-2324
University of Regina,
Regina, Sask., S4S 0A2
Canada.
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