Cannot assign boolean value to a variable in bash?

Question

I have $weMountedBoot set to false like this in the beginning of my script:

weMountedBoot=false

Now if it isn't mounted, and thus the conditional code runs I get this error and the variable is not set to true:

./verifyBootFiles: line 41: false=true: command not found

relevant code:

if ! mount | grep "/boot" > /dev/null

   then

      sudo mount -r -U $toCheck $mountPoint
      $weMountedBoot=true

   fi

What's wrong? As you probably figured I really like shell scripting and have loads of experience... so any other remarks about the code are also welcome.

Answer 1

Just remove the leading $.

$weMountedBoot=true will be weMountedBoot=true.