that's kind of my point; rc will eat the newline:
; c=`{cat '#r/rtc'}
; whatis c
c=1152880896that notwithstanding, you're probablly right about the extra newlines. - erik On Fri Jul 14 12:51:14 CDT 2006, [email protected] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > what case am i missing? > > The one I am thinking of is something like > c=`{cat '#r/rtc'} > > where you probably don't want that newline. This is a common type of > thing for me. > > ron
