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"Word too long" error on HP-UX system (tcsh)
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| DesctersLab 2006-01-29, 9:31 pm |
| hi,
I encounter an error of "Word too long" when I exceed the limit of 1020
characters
for an environment variable while writing a tcsh script on a HP-UX
11.11i system.
Is there any patch too fix this problem?
any other selution will do too 
thanx,
decster
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| Barry Margolin 2006-01-29, 9:31 pm |
| In article <1138574224.098406.322680@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"DesctersLab" <DesctersLab@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I encounter an error of "Word too long" when I exceed the limit of 1020
> characters
> for an environment variable while writing a tcsh script on a HP-UX
> 11.11i system.
>
> Is there any patch too fix this problem?
> any other selution will do too
Well-known solution: Don't write scripts in tcsh.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2006-01-29, 9:31 pm |
| On 2006-01-29, DesctersLab wrote:
>
> I encounter an error of "Word too long" when I exceed the limit of
> 1020 characters for an environment variable while writing a tcsh
> script on a HP-UX 11.11i system.
>
> Is there any patch too fix this problem? any other selution will do
> too
My first suggestion is to use a proper shell; tcsh is not
recommended for scripting. Use a POSIX shell such as bash or ksh.
See:
<http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/CshTop10.txt>
<http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Csh.html#uh-0>
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/>
On the other hand, I tried setting and echoing a variable (both
local and environment) with a length of greater than 1200
characters. I got no error messages, so perhaps it is a feature of
your OS.
(The recommendation to use a POSIX shell for scripting still
applies.)
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Chris F.A. Johnson, author | <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the
2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence
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| DesctersLab 2006-01-31, 2:48 am |
| I am migrating to bash but my system consists of 100+ tcsh scripts
so it's imposible for me to chabge them all right away to bash...
the question is, if anyone knows of a patch for this OS (HPUX 11.11i)
that will solve my problem?
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2006-01-31, 2:48 am |
| On 2006-01-31, DesctersLab wrote:
> I am migrating to bash but my system consists of 100+ tcsh scripts
> so it's imposible for me to chabge them all right away to bash...
>
> the question is, if anyone knows of a patch for this OS (HPUX 11.11i)
> that will solve my problem?
What problem is that? Please read <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google>.
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Chris F.A. Johnson, author | <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the
2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence
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