* Martin Neubauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > On 2006/08/09, at 20:39, Martin Neubauer wrote:
> > >Well, now I have tried. It doesn't do the trick.
> > >b=`{cat /env/a}^''
> > >gives a warning if a is an empty string but works otherwise.
> > >b=$`{basename /env/a}
> > >is the cleanest solution, I think.
> >
> > The solution is same as
> > b=$a
> > this works if a is already a shell variable.
> >
> > Try
> > c='' # null string
> > a=()
> > b=()
> > cp /env/c /env/a
> > then exec
> > b=$`{basename /env/a}
>
> I see what you are trying to accomplish. Probably
> b=$"`{cat /env/a}
> will do.
And iterating a bit further, I found this doesn't work with out a
temp:
tmp=`{cat /env/a}
b=$"tmp
