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From: hanks-steven@YALE.ARPA (Steven Hanks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: shell scripts, boolean variables, and eon
Message-ID: <8803241941.AA09455@ELI.CS.YALE.EDU>
Date: 24 Mar 88 19:41:56 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The Internet
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executing the following shell script produces weird 
results:

     #!/com/sh
     
     eon
     
     truevar :=  true
     falsevar := false
     
     if ^truevar      then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if not ^truevar  then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if ^falsevar     then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if not ^falsevar then args "yes" else args "no" endif
  
     args ""

     if ((^truevar))      then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if ((not ^truevar))  then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if ((^falsevar))     then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     if ((not ^falsevar)) then args "yes" else args "no" endif
     
                        ||
                        VV


     yes
     no
     yes        <---   site of weirdness
     no         <---   site of weirdness

     yes
     no
     no
     yes

it looks to me like eon isn't working correctly.  though 
taking it out generates the expected "name not found" 
error message.   or maybe i'm missing something........
any ideas?

steve.

    hanks@cs.yale.edu         ....!decvax!yale!hanks
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