error help ....

[Pando]

Dear Gurus,

am running a script but got errors during execution. i have no idea of the error number.
below is the error code i got.

test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff[71]: 1208MT1: The specified number is not valid for this command.
/test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff[71]: 1208MT2: The specified number is not valid for this command.
/test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff[71]: 1208MT: The specified number is not valid for this command.
/test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff[71]: 1208MT: The specified number is not valid for this command.
/test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff[71]: TC25: The specified number is not valid for this command.

attached is the script i made.
maximum points to all correct answers.

[Kenan Erdey]

if the script runs before, it must be a format problem in tdf files..

[Pando]

yes the script runs before. what does the 1208MT refers to? what about TC25? where can i find explainations about these error codes?

[Kenan Erdey]

it seemed to me, they are data fields in those files not error codes.

try searching the message in itrc: The specified number is not valid for this command.

the number "0" in these fields is the problem i think.

[Peter Godron]

Fernando,
the problem is line 71:
if \("$dlot" -eq "$edlotid" \) -a \( "$eddevice" = "$ddev"\)

Print out the values of the valriables just before the if statement
dlot,edlotid,eddevice,ddev
Either there is going to be an empty value or a alpha value where a numeric is expected (dlot or edtlotid)

[rariasn]

sh -x test/catv/scripts/catv_withdiff

rgs,

ran

[Sandman!]

Those are not error codes but the values of the variables inside the if-then statement on line 71 of your script i.e.

> if [ \( "$dlot" -eq "$edlotid" \) -a \( "$eddevice" = "$ddev" \) ] <

echo the values before using them within the test part of the if statement in order to see if they are numeric since the first condition "$dlot" -eq "$edlotid" tests for integers. It's likely that dlot and/or edlotid are being set to [1208MT; 1208MT1; 1208MT2; TC25].

cheers!