probably because "change=0" should be "changed=0" Jason Alburger 609-485-7225 HID/NAS/LAN Engineer Joseph Sheairs Associates, Inc. FAA/AOS-330 "Brian McGrew" <Brian@doubledimens To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> ion.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Variables in scripts redhat-list-bounces @redhat.com 10/08/2004 11:38 AM Please respond to General Red Hat Linux discussion list I'm asking this question here becuase what I have works on Solaris but not Redhat 7.3 I have a simple script: #!/bin/sh change=0 while [ $changed -eq 0 ]; do changed=1 echo $changed done echo $changed exit When I come to the last echo $changed, it's back to 0. Any idea why that is? This works find on Solaris??? -brian Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } --- > YOU! Off my planet! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list