how to set environment available in script!

[leyearn]

in order to make my script run successfully
i set the PATH environment available in my script

the following:

PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/ansic/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/nettla
dm/bin:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/upgrade/b
in:/opt/langtools/bin:/opt/perf/bin:/opt/imake/bin:/opt/hpxt/enware/bin:/opt/hpn
p//bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/sbin:/home/root

one line can't hold all the items
when i execute my script(shellx.txt)# ./shellx.txt
the following error message is produced:


./shellx.txt[3]: dm/bin:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X
11:/opt/upgrade/b: not found.
./shellx.txt[4]: in:/opt/langtools/bin:/opt/perf/bin:/opt/imake/bin:/opt/hpxt/en
ware/bin:/opt/hpn: not found.
./shellx.txt[5]: p//bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/sbin:/home/root: not found.

how can set the available correctly?

[Mark Grant]

Leyearn,That PATH is not too long. It would be nice to see your script but I suspect that you have newlines at the end of each line where you set the PATH so"dm/bin:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/upgrade/b" looks like a command.Make sure your PATH doesn't have newlines in it or put "\" at the end of each line.Regards

[twang]

In my environment, I prepared a environment source file for running script, and source that file in the beginning of each script, see following:
#!/bin/sh
#Env Setting---------
# source the following file to export
# all required env variables, such
# as PATH, ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_HOME...
. /home/oracle/.scriptenv
...

[Zigor Buruaga]

Hi,

When editing your script with "vi", in command mode use ":set list" to view where are the new-lines ( will be "marked" with a dollar symbol ).

As mentioned, looks like you have undesirable new lines in your PATH line.
Kind regards,
Zigor

[F. X. de Montgolfier]

Hi,

as Mark said, your problem is probably that you did a copy-paste from another source and included erronous newlines in your script.

However, if you still want to add pathes to an existing PATH variable, all you have to do is:

PATH=$PATH;[your new pathes]

Cheers,

FiX

[Fragon]

Hi leyearn,
You can use:
export PATH=$PATH:/dir1:/dir2:/dir3
export PATH=$PATH:/dir4:/dir4:/dir6
...
to assign more path!
As I know, the maximum length for POSIX shell variable is 128 characters (maybe), so the strings above 128 will be truncated!

-ux

[Bhuvaneswari Selvaraj]

From the error, it says that error in line 3, where teh dm/bin line starts. just append a \ at the end of the previous line or do the exports in different line
1. PATH=/usr/sbin:... till /usr/contrib/bin
in the nest line
2. PATH=$PATH:/opt/nettladm and so on..

This will solve your problem.