Matias Surdi wrote: > # echo $BINMAKE > `if [ -x /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi` -m /usr/src/share/mk > > I'd like to have a second variable like: > [code] > # echo $newvariable > make -m /usr/src/share/mk
# newvariable=`eval echo $BINMAKE` By the way, this has nothing to do with bash. Those things work with every bourne shell, including FreeBSD's /bin/sh. It even works with Solaris' /bin/sh which is very far from a POSIX shell. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good." -- Bertrand Meyer _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"