Re: [cobbler] snippet issue

[Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-428.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC]]

I found the answer.  I had made a mistake.

Thanks.


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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
>  bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of James Cammarata
>  Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 15:46
>  To: cobbler mailing list
>  Subject: Re: [cobbler] snippet issue
>  
>  On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Newman, Stuart J. (GSFC-
>  444.0)[HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC] <stuart.j.newman(a)nasa.gov&gt;
>  wrote:
>  
>  
>  	RHEL 6.4 Cobbler 2.2.3
>  
>  
>  
>  	I have a kickstart as follows:
>  
>  
>  
>  	# this file intentionally left blank
>  
>  	# admins:  edit it as you like, or leave it blank for non-
>  interactive install
>  
>  	$SNIPPET('testit')
>  
>  
>  
>  	The snippet is as follows:
>  
>  
>  
>  	#set $snipname='SDO_' + $stringname + '_snippet'
>  
>  
>  
>  	When I try to generate the kickstart from a profile, I get
>  
>  
>  
>  	# this file intentionally left blank
>  
>  	# admins:  edit it as you like, or leave it blank for non-
>  interactive install
>  
>  	$SNIPPET('testit')
>  
>  
>  
>  	What I doing wrong that the snippet is not being executed?
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Most likely, you're not setting $stringname correctly.  You should have
>  the following above the shown #set line:
>  
>  #set $stringname = $getVar("stringname","nostringnameset")