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Re: 20001212: Problem with scripts and FreeBSD

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  • Subject: Re: 20001212: Problem with scripts and FreeBSD
  • Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:13:50 -0700 (MST)
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Unidata Support wrote:

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> >To: address@hidden
> >From: "John C. Nordlie" <address@hidden>
> >Subject: Problem with scripts and FreeBSD
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200012122213.eBCMDvo05703
> 
> Hi.  I'm getting the following errors emailed to my ldm account:
> 
>  Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:35:01 -0600 (CST)
>  From: ldm (Cron Daemon)
>  To: ldm
>  Subject: Cron <ldm@adiabat> /usr/local/ldm/bin/ldmadmin dostats
> 
>  ls: illegal option -- x
>  usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRTWabcdfgiklnoqrstu1] [file ...]
>  could not open  : No such file or directory
> 

John,

The -x flag used on other Unix OSs cause the files to be displayed across
the page with the ls command.  Most of the time it's the default display
configuration. I guess it not available on FreeBSD. To fix the scripts, I
would just remove the -x flag, the scripts will work without it.

Robb...



> 
> I also get the error (trying to use option -x with ls) when I try to
> run ldmprods.  I found the place in the code where the option is
> passed (in pqmailstats for the 'ldmadmin dostats' error and in
> ldmprods), but I don't want to just take it out because I don't know
> what it's supposed to do.  Any suggestions?
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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