why do I get an error here?
/ -> set foo = `opget -l “/obj/geo/file1”`
Expression error: Syntax error - extra tokens detected in expression

When this works?
/ -> opget -l /obj/geo/file1
opset -l off /obj/geo/file1

shouldn't $foo be set to “opset -l off /obj/geo/file1”?

why not just
/ -> set foo = opget -l /obj/geo/file1
?

hey tamte
Because I want what's returned from the opget function, not the command that executes it:

/ -> set foo = opget -l /obj/geo1/file1
/ -> echo $foo
opget -l /obj/geo1/file1

the `opget` function returns a `opset` command and this is what I want to store in the variable. (what I originally needed is to query the lock state on an operator but then I ran into this thing)

Thx!

When using backticks, it is in the expression language whereas the opget command is in the command language. To run something in the command language within backticks, you need to use the run() expression.

set foo=`run('opget -l “/obj/geo/file1”')`

Ahhh, I suspected I was missing something fundamental here. Thanks!

Just of curiousity, this seems like a pretty weird solution, is this how you would aproach the problem of unlocking a node? -getting the opset command and then extract whether or not the lock is on?

It is awkward in hscript. That's why I'd use something like is_locked = node.isSoftLocked() || node.isHardLocked() in python.

thx again. I started in python actually but couldn't find the command for it.