Question

I have written the following code..

installFunction(){

    perl Makefile.PL
    flag1 = $?

    make    
    flag2 = $?

    make install
    flag3 = $?

    make test
    flag4 = $?

    cd ..


    return $flag1 || $flag2 || $flag3 || $flag4
}
if(installFunction != 0)
    then
        echo "installation failure"
        exit
fi  

But when I run the code , Im getting the following error

./install: 53: flag1: not found

./install: 53: flag2: not found

./install: 53: flag3: not found

./install: 53: flag4: not found

Could anyone say what the problem is?

Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

try

flag1=$?

notice the lack of spaces.

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/varassignment.html

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And as kev mentioned, your if statement is invalid.

installFunction
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
        echo "installation failure"
        exit
fi

should work. obligatory link: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html