passing variable to connect direct

[Deepak Extross]

Hmm...looks like it's having a problem with the keyword "submit file".
Are you sure it's "submit file"? Should it be, perhaps, "submitfile" or "submit_file"?

[steven Burgess_2]

Deepak

nah man

The command is used with connect direct shell

heres what it looks like when you enter direct from the from prompt



******************************************************
* *
* CONNECT:DirectUNIX *
* *
*----------------------------------------------------*
* Copyright (c) 1983, 2000 Sterling Commerce, Inc. *
* Version 3.3.03 *
******************************************************

Enter a ';' at the end of a command to submit it. Type 'quit;' to exit CLI.

Direct>

I use the submit command for each file that requires sending.

I'm off home now 06:00 in the UK and not back till Friday , I'm determined to get to the bottom of this. I will check for any replies When I get up this afternoon

Thanks very much for your help

Steve

[Deepak Extross · Accepted solution]

Steven,

If you want to use the interactive CLI interface, maybe the best way to go about it would be to use "expect".

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Tcl/expect-5.31/

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

I'm not back in the office till Friday to test this further, but was wondering if anyone had any further input regarding this question

Regards

Steve

[SHABU KHAN]

Steven,

I am not familiar with connect direct but just a thought, did you try running in debug mode and see what value is being passed when you do a submit

1) ksh -x scriptname
2) Also try putting double quotes around /tmp/"$file"

Let us know after you get back ...

Thanks,
Shabu

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

I removed the export $file from the script, it now looks like

#!/usr/bin/sh

clear
if [ $LOGNAME != dssadmin ]
then
echo "\n\tYou must be dssadmin user to run this script!!!!"
sleep 5
exit
fi

> $XELOGD/connectd/records.log

cd $XELOGD/connectd
ls xeSnd* > $XELOGD/connectd/sendem.log
sendit=$XELOGD/connectd/sendem.log
for file in $(cat $sendit)
do
ls $file >> $XELOGD/connectd/cubes.log
done
CUBES=$XELOGD/connectd/cubes.log
for files in $(cat $CUBES)
do
echo "submit file=/tmp/$files;" | direct -x >> $XELOGD/connectd/processid.log 2>
> $XELOGD/connectd/errors.log
done
clear


Thanks for your help

Steve