Re: in grub.cfg: how to initialze a variable from the contents of a file

[Dr. Zimmermann]

Am 01.10.2011 23:52, schrieb Jordan Uggla:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Dr. Zimmermann
> <address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > a general question concerning variable initialization in grub.cfg:
> >
> > As the subject says I'd like to initialize a variable in grub.cfg
> > (dynamically during runtime) from the contents of a file.
> What is your end goal? The easiest way to initialize a variable from a

Our SW is started from an USB stick by grub (several options, different 
versions). Since it gets updated frequently, it would be helpful to 
display the contents of its VERSION file directly within the startmenu 
of grub.

> file is to have that file be a source-able grub script, for instance a
> file containing only 'my_variable=foo' could be loaded by grub using
> 'source /path/to/file.cfg' and after sourcing the file $my_variable
> would be initialized to 'foo'.

Of course we can hardcode version info into a source file (or even into 
grub.cfg itself...). Seen from code reliability and maintainability, an 
optimal solution would be one were third-party software (our SW updater) 
doesn't meddles with grub configuration files. Therefore we're looking 
for the above mentioned way of variable initialization.

Regards, Roger

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