Re: ReturnsZero(): command does not return zero. Is class created with value of false?

[Hans Deragon]

Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
> Classes have no value, they either exist or they do not.
> M
>
> On 30 Sep, Hans Deragon wrote:

Ok, so...

  1) Is it documented somewhere?  I have failed to read this.

  2) How do you suggest me to perform the equivalent of:

     lmclxadm.!accountexist?

     In fact, how does the ! operator works, if classes simply
     exist or not?

Ciao
Hans
> > Greetings.
> >
> >
> >   If ReturnsZero() is false, is it normal that the class ¨accountexist¨ in my 
> > following example is not created?  I would expect it to take the value of false 
> > instead of being non existant.  In my example, if the account lmclxadm does not 
> > exist in the /etc/passwd file, the /bin/echo command is not executed.
> >
> > --->
> > classes:
> >
> >   accountexist = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/fgrep -c lmclxadm /etc/passwd) )
> >
> > control:
> >
> >   IfElapsed = ( 0 )
> >   actionsequence =
> >   (
> >     shellcommands.lmclxadm
> >   )
> >
> > shellcommands:
> >
> >   lmclxadm.!accountexist::
> >
> >     "/bin/echo Working"
> > <---
> >
> > Execution:
> >
> > --->
> > IsBuiltinFunction: ReturnsZero(/bin/fgrep -c lmclxadm /etc/passwd)
> > HandleFunction: ReturnsZero(/bin/fgrep -c lmclxadm /etc/passwd)
> > HandleReturnsZero(/bin/fgrep -c lmclxadm /etc/passwd)
> > Shell command was non-zero
> > [No match of class]
> > <---