Michelle Weber on Tue, 18 Jan 2000 01:27:45 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] check for existing user.


well everyway i tried this worked fine once i remembered to put $exists in
that while list; instead of just exists, it just kept resetting itself!

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Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael C. Toren" <mct@netaxs.com>
To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] check for existing user.


> > exists=true
> >
> > while [ exists==true ];
>
> Try using:  while [ "$exists" = "true" ]
>
> > do
> >         echo "Username: "
>
> You may like this better:  echo -n "Username: "
>
> -mct
>
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