[rancid] Re: Trouble with awk

[Shekhar Basnet]

I am afraid I am not able to help you out. I use Linux and it worked for
me in the first shot. Maybe some experts in this list have more ideas as
I am not so familiar with awk myself.

[root at test mktop]# uname -a
Linux test 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1 Wed Oct 29 15:42:51 EST 2003 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux

-s

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 15:26, Rikard Stemland Skjelsvik wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to answer. I have tried what you 
> suggested and it gives the following:
> 
> # cat /usr/local/rancid/var/bsr/configs/* | ./mktop
> awk: ./mktop:392:   sub(/^ +description +"/, ");
> awk: ./mktop:392:                            ^ unterminated string
> Broken Pipe
> #
> 
> The only new line is "Broken Pipe"
> 
> The command "cat /usr/local/rancid/var/bsr/configs/* " works fine
> 
> 
> --
> Rikard
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Shekhar Basnet wrote:
> 
> > cat /usr/local/rancid/var/bsr/configs/* | ./mktop
> >
> > s
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 14:15, Rikard Stemland Skjelsvik wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I'm in the process of checking out rancid and other related tools. I was
> >> very intriged by "Managing IP Networks with Free Software" at Nanog.
> >> When trying to run mktop i get the following error message(se below). I am
> >> not very familiar with awk and hope that someone on the list could point
> >> me in the right direction.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your time!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   # ./mktop /usr/local/rancid/var/bsr/configs > bsr.top
> >> awk: ./mktop:392:   sub(/^ +description +"/, ");
> >> awk: ./mktop:392:                            ^ unterminated string
> >> # cat /usr/local/rancid/var/bsr/configs | ./mktop > bsr.top
> >> awk: ./mktop:392:   sub(/^ +description +"/, ");
> >> awk: ./mktop:392:                            ^ unterminated stringth an
> >> "}" at line 63
> >>
> >>
> >> Line 389 to 394 is:
> >>
> >> /description "/ && (indent > 1) && (section[1] == "interfaces") && \
> >>    (config == JUNOS) {
> >>    sub(/^ +description +"/, "");
> >>    sub(/\";$/, "");
> >>    new_ifdesc = $0;
> >>    next;
> >> }
> >>
> >> I am running awk version:
> >>       #  /usr/local/bin/awk --version
> >>       GNU Awk 3.1.4
> >>       Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2003 Free Software Foundation
> >>
> >> on:
> >>      # uname -a
> >>      SunOS okm-cw2000 5.8 Generic_108528-27 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rikard
> >
> >