Shell script

Ruby
1

Hi All,

I have a shell script which I use to call a ruby program. I pass
parameters from the shell script to the ruby program

Example:

#!/bin/csh -f

set DEST_DIR=/home/vandana/
ruby test.rb -p $DEST_DIR

When I execute the above, I get the error "Cannot convert nil to
String. I know that $DEST_DIR is not empty because when I do an echo
$DEST_DIR I see the /home/vandana/

What am I missing here?

If I put the command “ruby test.rb -p $DEST_DIR” in quotes I get the
message command not found.

Please help!
Thanks,

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On Sep 15, 7:36 pm, Vandana [email protected] wrote:

ruby test.rb -p $DEST_DIR
If I put the command “ruby test.rb -p $DEST_DIR” in quotes I get the
message command not found.

Please help!
Thanks,

try this

ruby test.rb -p echo $DEST_DIR

3

On Sep 15, 7:39 pm, samba [email protected] wrote:

ruby test.rb -p echo $DEST_DIR
use

ruby test.rb -p echo DEST_DIR

4

Thanks samba.
I exited from the shell and re logged in…now it works even without
the echo…strange

Thanks a lot.

5

Vandana wrote in [ruby-talk:314963]:
At Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:32:48 +0900,

If I put the command “ruby test.rb -p $DEST_DIR” in quotes I get the
message command not found.

It’s strange.
Don’t you have another “ruby” command written in shell script?