On Friday 14 June 2002 07:15 pm, John Summerfield wrote: > > I have input files that contain lines with variables like > > > > HOSTNAME=$THISHOST > > In my environment HOSTNAME is already set by bash. You should use another > name.
Or just make it lowercase, "hostname". :-) I usually make my variables lower case (or mixed case) anyway, because most of the implicit constants are upper case and this makes collisions less likely. Scott -- -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Scott Courtney | "I don't mind Microsoft making money. I mind them [EMAIL PROTECTED] | having a bad operating system." -- Linus Torvalds http://4th.com/ | ("The Rebel Code," NY Times, 21 February 1999)
