Is it possible to use the ksh's for loop in BF console?
I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax,
for f in $(find . -name *.xml); do echo $f done I can't get the $f variable initialized. Here is the output, 325 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f 326 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f I am currently on BF 7.1.1.4. |
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I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax, yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var. I'd suggest for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do |
I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax, yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var. I'd suggest for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do
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I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax, yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var. I'd suggest for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do
you cannot use dot-commands from within shell commands. the steps are broken up into pieces prior to, containing, and after the dot-commands. that's why you get a syntax error... the for and do line are in their own shell. I think .load might work for you though. You can dynamically create a step and execute it. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/bldforge/v7r1m2/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.buildforge.doc/topics/dotcmd_load.html The .load command loads a project from an XML file and adds the steps of the loaded project to the current project, after the step that executed the .load command, allowing a project to dynamically create and load steps at run time. Using options, you can cause the .load command to draw its data from a register or from the output of a command. |
Thank you very much for your input..
I have found a workaround for my problem. Basically, I create a queue file containing the list of files to be processed. I wrote a popQueue script to pop the first item of the queue and set it in the env variable. Then, I create a while-loop conditional step command checking the variable. After each .run, I do another pop and set command to get ready for the next launch. The while-loop will stop when there is no more file in the queue. |
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