Try this: > eval date +$my_var
(Notice the '+'). Regards, Sander 2008/10/26 leon_moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > I am a total newbie in Linux, and I am facing some difficulties. > > I tried to write a Bash script that could update the clock of the > FoxBoard via Internet, when needed. > > > wget http://ze.bot.free.fr/time.php > > my_var= cat 'time.php' > > echo $my_var > > eval date $my_var > > I tried several syntaxes for the last line, but the "date" command > never take "my_var" in account. Please, can somebody help me to find > the solution? > > Thank you. > > Leon. > http://ze.bot.free.fr/ > > >
