topic Re: error in .profile file in Operating System - Linux

error in .profile file

Adrian Sobers2 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:58:22 GMT

I just installed patch #4163445 which upgraded my 9.2.0.6 home to 9.2.0.7

However when I log into the machine I get the following error message:

.profile[55]: Syntax error: `then' is not
matched.

This never happened before. Could the patch have messed up my .profile file?

The file is attached.

Re: error in .profile file

Rick Garland — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:10:28 GMT

I do not even see 'then' in the attached file. Is this the complete .profile for the login account in question?

Look at date/time stamp. The patch would not have changed individual .profiles.

Look at the date/time stamp of the /etc/profile.

Re: error in .profile file

Adrian Sobers2 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:19:20 GMT

sorry, i realized that afterwards.

attached is the profile file from /etc

Re: error in .profile file

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:22:11 GMT

Well, this error indicates one of two things as far as I can recall.

1) There is within a if then fi loop some code that prematurely terminates the loop, causing a mismatch.

2) There is an if or a fi or a then missing on one of your loops.

I'd use the diff command to compare the profile that oracle backed up before it updated and that should help find the problem.

I sure hope Oracle backed up the file or you'll need to get the original off a backup.

Its quite common for Oracle to release code that is not adequately tested for HP-UX and leave us as admins to debut it.

diff /etc/profile /etc/profile.backup

SEP

Re: error in .profile file

Andrew Bruce — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:28:32 GMT

Hi Adrian,

I'm clutching at straws here!

The complaint is for line 55 which is the if,then,fi section for setting up your timezone.

What is the content of your /etc/TIMEZONE file?

The only other thing is that later on, you have a section with a line continuation character '\' - this shouldn't be a problem, but it's maybe worth putting the 'if' statement all on one line!

Like I said, clutching... ;-)

Regards,

Andy Bruce

Re: error in .profile file

Adrian Sobers2 — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:10:22 GMT

this was solved in another thread.

i was missing a "fi" at the end of the script.

Thanks all.