Phil Stracchino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 07:16:23PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > Eduardo Alvarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, all > > > > > > One (potentially very silly) question: is there a command that reads > > > another text file? I want to have a different file for the window styles > , > > > and, although I figure I could use PipeRead cat <filename>, I wondered if > > > there's another method. > > > > Read > > Now what *I'd* really like is to be able to make this conditional, or > have it evaluate a path. > > Something like, say, > > Read $HOME/bin/$OS/os-specific-settings > > Is this possible?
For conditional configs, PipeRead is usually best, but "Read" will expand environment variables. I think the preferred syntax is: Read $[HOME]/bin/$[OS]/os-specific-settings -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
