thanks, I knew my method was sound, just that my syntax was screwy. Crazy shells.
tack On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Brandon Harris wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, tack wrote: > > > mp3Dir = 'cat ~/mp3Dir' > > cd $mp3Dir > > Just to clarify why this doesn't work: you're setting > the value of $mp3Dir to "cat ~/mp3dir". You have to use > backticks (``) to call execution. > > > _____________________________________________b r a n d o n h a r r i s___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gaijin.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > -- ------------------------------------------------ Article 19: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
