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3 | askenv command | |
4 | =============== | |
5 | ||
6 | Synopsis | |
7 | -------- | |
8 | ||
9 | :: | |
10 | ||
11 | askenv name [message] [size] | |
12 | ||
13 | Description | |
14 | ----------- | |
15 | ||
16 | Display message and get environment variable name of max size characters | |
17 | from stdin. | |
18 | ||
19 | name | |
20 | name of the environment variable | |
21 | ||
22 | message | |
23 | message is displayed while the command waits for the value to be | |
24 | entered from stdin.if no message is specified,a default message | |
25 | "Please enter name:" will be displayed. | |
26 | ||
27 | size | |
28 | maximum number of characters that will be stored in environment | |
29 | variable name.this is in decimal number format (unlike in | |
30 | other commands where size values are in hexa-decimal). Default | |
31 | value of size is 1023 (CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE - 1). | |
32 | ||
33 | Example | |
34 | ------- | |
35 | ||
36 | Value of a environment variable env1 without message and size parameters: | |
37 | ||
38 | :: | |
39 | ||
40 | => askenv env1;echo $? | |
41 | Please enter 'env1': val1 | |
42 | 0 | |
43 | => printenv env1 | |
44 | env1=val1 | |
45 | ||
46 | Value of a environment variable env2 with message and size parameters: | |
47 | ||
48 | :: | |
49 | ||
50 | => askenv env2 Please type-in a value for env2: 10;echo $? | |
51 | Please type-in a value for env2: 1234567890123 | |
52 | 0 | |
53 | => printenv env2 | |
54 | env2=1234567890 | |
55 | ||
56 | Value of a environment variable env3 with size parameter only: | |
57 | ||
58 | :: | |
59 | ||
60 | => askenv env3 10;echo $? | |
61 | Please enter 'env3': val3 | |
62 | 0 | |
63 | => printenv env3 | |
64 | env3=val3 | |
65 | ||
66 | Return Value of askenv command, when used without any other arguments: | |
67 | ||
68 | :: | |
69 | ||
70 | => askenv;echo $? | |
71 | askenv - get environment variables from stdin | |
72 | ||
73 | Usage: | |
74 | askenv name [message] [size] | |
75 | - display 'message' and get environment variable 'name' from stdin (max 'size' chars) | |
76 | 1 | |
77 | ||
78 | Configuration | |
79 | ------------- | |
80 | ||
81 | The askenv command is only available if CMD_ASKENV=y | |
82 | ||
83 | Return value | |
84 | ------------ | |
85 | ||
86 | The return value $? is set to 0 (true). | |
87 | If no other arguments are specified (along with askenv), it is set to 1 (false). |