A little while ago i wrote about how to write (from a shell script)
a window id produced by an Fvwm command to a file.
I was trying to do this (after calling '. FvwmCommand.sh' from
my bash shell script):
Next [ *${window_name}* ] Exec echo \$w > /tmp/ztest4
Well, the solution i got, which was to escape the '$w' did not work.
So, i tried a simple test, and it apparently turns out that I
cannot even echo "FFFF" into a file !
the test script follows:
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#!/bin/bash
# to test fvwm's FvwmCommand Exec command from shell
#
. FvwmCommand.sh
#
# this works ok (expected)
echo "foo" > /tmp/ztest1
# this does create a file
Exec touch /tmp/ztest2
# this produces an empty file.........
# (but it works OK from FvwmTalk) <-- <--
Exec echo FFFF > /tmp/ztest3
# this produces an empty file too. errors file has no contents.
# (but it works OK from FvwmTalk) <-- <--
Exec cat /tmp/zfoo > /tmp/ztest4 2> /tmp/zerr
# this is what i would like to do in the end...
# Next [ *${window_name}* ] Exec echo \$w > /tmp/ztest4
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thanks for any insights... - josin
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Received on Fri Sep 11 1998 - 22:08:24 BST