Can't set variables in a while loop that is passed to the rest of the script.

[Damo, David]

Hi,

I have fixed the problem. It seems in cygwin it spawns a subshell even under bash. I used a for loop instead and everything worked nicely.

for line in `sed 's/\$/^/g' $propfile`
do
	nvpair=$(echo $line | awk -F"=" '{print $1,$2}')
	set -- $nvpair
	if [ ! "$1" = ""  ]; then
		eval "$1"=\"$2\"
	fi
done

-----Original Message-----
From: Damo, David 
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:40 PM
To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
Subject: Can't set variables in a while loop that is passed to the rest of the script.

Hi,

I had a script that worked on UNIX, but on Cygwin it does not work. When I set a variable in a while loop I can't use it after the loop. However, this worked in UNIX. Any ideas why? All variables set after the done command are blank, but can be seen in the while loop.

propfile=${SCRIPT_HOME}/${propfilename}
sed 's/\$/^/g' $propfile | while read line
do
	export david="Hello"
	nvpair=$(echo $line | awk -F"=" '{print $1,$2}')
	set -- $nvpair
	if [ ! "$1" = ""  ]; then
		eval "$1"=\"$2\"
	fi
done

echo $david

echo "Setting siteminder_home"
echo $siteminder_home

Thanks,

David

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