[hobbit] RE: Issue with MAILC env variable?

[Malcolm Hunter]

> Resolved.  It turns out I have a bash script running from
> hobbitlaunch.cfg, and in bash parenthesis have a special meaning and thus it blows up when
> running the cmd:
> 
> . /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
> 
> I changed the MAILC line to use single quotes such as:
> 
> MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r 'user at blah.com (Xymon)'"        
> 
> And all is well.  Sorry for the email traffic, but hey, this will hit the
> archive and maybe help someone in the future ;)

I don't suppose you tried escaping the quotes?


MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r \"user at blah.com (Xymon)\""

Regards,

Malcolm

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