-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 3/25/2008 12:41 AM: | Applied as obvious. | | -abs_builddir=`pwd` | +abs_builddir='`pwd`'
Huh? Variable assignment does not need quotes if the syntax forms a single shell word, since it does not undergo word splitting. Or did you really mean to add single quotes rather than double quotes to defer evaluation? $ mkdir '/tmp/with spaces' $ cd '/tmp/with spaces' $ foo=`pwd` $ bar='`pwd`' $ echo ":$foo:$bar:" :/tmp/with spaces:`pwd`: - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfo6d0ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDy2wCeOUcrTD43+h6Gjah9ww8DlzEJ cUEAniW7o+/2k4OCKGAn+URuWs7lv/eC =Bz6k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
