Where am I going wrong with this script???

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Where am I going wrong with this script???

Hi all,

I'm doing something stupid but can't figure out what - maybe it's jetlag!

Small script to create a sym link to a network share:

#!/bin/bash


zzz= stat -f%Su /dev/console
echo $zzz
ln -s "/volumes/MacServer/Mac Learners" "/Users/$zzz/Desktop/MacLearners"
exit 0

It echos back the corect username for $zzz but does not pass it to the next line to create the alias in the right place. It returns:

invalid location /Users//Desktop/MacLearners

Anybody have enough caffinein their system to fix this?

Xserve, OS X Server

Posted on Oct 31, 2012 10:04 AM

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Camelot

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Oct 31, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Gerard Allen

This may be a formatting issue on the boards, but your stat command is enclosed in backticks, right?:

zzz=`stat -f%Su /dev/console`

You need the backticks to execute the command, otherwise it won't do what you expect - indeed, running the first line as written echos back the username, so it may be that line's output that you're seeing, more than the echo statement:

#!/bin/bash

zzz=`stat -f%Su /dev/console`

echo $zzz

ln -s "/volumes/MacServer/Mac Learners" "/Users/$zzz/Desktop/MacLearners"

exit 0

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Gerard Allen Author

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Nov 7, 2012 6:38 AM in response to Camelot

D'oh, thanks 😊

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