SSSU shell scripting

[Lan_4]

I am making a shell script run sssu.
The script looks like this:
SNAP=...
HOST=...
sssu <select manager ... username=administrator password=administrator
select cell ...
add lun 3 vdisk="$SNAP" host="\Hosts\${HOST}"
exit
EOF

I am having troule with those "\" in the name
of host. Is there a better way to preserve the
real meaning of "\", don't try it as a special
character.

Thanks.

Lan

P.S. This thread has been moved from Disk array to HP Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU). - Hp Forum MOderator

[Tom O'Toole · Accepted solution]

Yes, isn't it great that they designed it that way? Can you escape the \ using \\ in the symbol assign?

[Lan_4]

Tried.
like, host="\\Hosts\\${HOST}"
It did not work.
Thanks.

[Bob_Vance]

One problem with your original is that the \$ prevents ${HOST} from being evaluated.

Did you try:
(notice the 2 \\ before $)

HOST=yoyo
SNAP=vol1
cat <select manager ... username=administrator password=administrator
select cell ...
add lun 3 vdisk="$SNAP" host="\Hosts\\${HOST}"
exit
EOF

which produces:

select manager ... username=administrator password=administrator
select cell ...
add lun 3 vdisk="vol1" host="\Hosts\yoyo"
exit


I had to use 'cat' because I don't have access to SSSU right now.

hth
bv

[Lan_4]

The trick for "\\" worked for most of cases, but not with the hostname starting with
"n", "t", "a", "f", because
"\n","\t","\a","\f" are escape characters.
It happened that I have two hosts with names
starting with "a" and "f". I guess the solution
is to "hard coded" them into the script.

Thanks to all.

Lan

[Lan_4]

Thanks.