Need help solve " We unsupport $((arith)) " Syntax Error

Gururaja Hebbar K R gururajakr at sanyo.co.in
Mon Jun 9 10:39:47 UTC 2008


Hi 

>> i am using few init scripts to run and while running /etc/init.d/rc i

>> get error as
>>
>> Syntax error: We unsupport $((arith))

>well if you dont enable math support in the busybox config, you really
shouldnt be surprised when it doesnt work

> when i checked the file, it had something like this
>
> step=$(($step + $step_change))
>
> I tried to remove the double brackets and make it look as
>
> step=$($step + $step_change)

>that's clearly wrong seeing as how those statements arent close to
having the same meaning -mike


Thanks for the quick solution. my mistake that i hadn't enabled it.

Regards
Gururaja



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