what i originally posted was clear and correct.
i do not think your postings clarified anything.
- erik
On Fri Feb 10 08:21:00 CST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> well if i was doing the echo i would do
>
> echo 'X/''/w'
>
> yes it's 4 but clearer.
>
> brucee
>
> On 2/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > if you want to write only the changed files with an rc
> > script, you really do need 4 single quotes in a row.
> >
> > i use the change times on files, so writing only the changed files
> > is important to me.
> >
> > - erik
> >
> > On Fri Feb 10 07:58:51 CST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > X w
> > > or
> > > X/'/w
> > >
> > > will suffice
> > > brucee
> > >
> > > On 2/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > i'm replying to the wrong message. but to answer the original problem,
> > > > you /can/ script sam -d like this:
> > > >
> > > > {
> > > > echo $script
> > > > echo X:'''':w
> > > > echo q
> > > > } | sam -d $filelist
> >