#!/bin/bash # auto-cd: script for lazy people # eject sleep 5 eject -t mount /cdrom # you might have to change this if you don't use SuSE #Here comes the funny part if ( `echo $?` -eq 0) then konqueror /cdrom #change this to nautilus if you use gnome else exit 1 fi #Now just create a link on your desktop #to this file and you'll be 1 click away from the contents of your cd ##NOTE: if you execute it, you'll get a auto-cd: 0: command not found ## My question is, why the function does not work? ## The `echo $?` should test if the mount command was successful. If it ## was successful, then it should open your file browser and display the contents ## of the cd, if mount was unsuccesful, then it should exit without calling konqueror ## or nautilus.

Why do you need to echo it? if($? == 0)

>> if ( `echo $?` -eq 0) ahemm... sure both of you do not want to use square brackets? ;-) all these are possible: if [ `echo $?` -eq 0 ] ... if [ $? -eq 0 ] ... if [ `echo $?` == 0 ] ... if [ $? == 0 ] ... as == and -eq are the same, and the contents of an environment or special variable is certainly equal to its output via echo.. but the [] brackets, or more specifically, the '[' (begin boolean evaluation) shell builtin and the corresponding ']' end-of-evaluation marker, are necessary because elsewhere the -eq and == operators are not valid. in fact, [ is a perfectly normal shell builtin, you could also write this: [ $? == 0 ] && konqueror /cdrom || exit 1 which boils down the if block to one line.