[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I. > -I./include -I./lib -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 > uname output: Linux acsvan0 2.4.18-4custom #3 Fri May 31 14:54:10 EDT 2002 > i686 unknown > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 2.05a > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > A shell script which worked perfectly using "1.14.7(1)" fails to execute > properly using "2.05a.0(1)-release". The purpose of the script is to parse > a session log file found in each user's home directory, and determine > whether a record belonging to some other user appears with today's date in > the file.
Why not run bash with the -x option to get an execution trace? Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Live Strong. No day but today. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/