Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/10/07 13:28

J.O. Aho wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Henk Oegema wrote:
>>>> J.O. Aho wrote:
>>> Tnx Aho for answering. :)
>>>> Henk Oegema wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You would need to use
>>>>
>>>> export day=`php /path/to/yout/file/uptime.php`
>>>>
>>>> if you use it this way, you need to make the script to take
>>>> arguments, so
>>>> that
>>>> you can get the day, hour and minute alone. Don't forget to echo about
>>>> the value.
>>> Can you please be a little bit more specific. It's not quit clear to me.
>>> Why (and how) must the script take arguments? The values of the 3
>>> variables are already known to the script.
>>> I only need to pass them to the operating system.
>>>> Otherwise you can use a shell script with awk that can read out the
>>>> values
>>>> and then set each variable, but then you could skip using php, as you
>>>> get
>>>> the uptime from uptime command directly.
>>> You right, this is also a possibility.
>> But what's the operating system going to do with them?
>> The operating system doesn't take parameters. Rather, you run a program
>> (even if it is the shell) which does something with parameters.
>
> The values are already "stored" in the OS in question, it do have track of
> it's own lifespan, but of course not stored as a variable that is accessible
> by the shell.
>
> if the OP exports the value, they will only be in the shell he currently works
> in, switching to another virtual console will just make that the variables in
> question are empty as they never been set.
> Of course it would be possible to set the values in ~/.bashrc, but then the
> values will be different for each shell.
>
> Not sure if the OP really thought about what he wants to do...
>

How are they "stored" in the OS? From what he's saying, they're in his
program and he needs to tell the OS about them somehow.

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