I am having trouble quoting with variables.
For example
source="/backup/My\ Documents/*"
cp ${source} /tmp
When I run this it will see everything up to my and bomb.
Now if I type the exact same path in the exact same way into the code
cp /backup/My\ Documents/*"
It will work fine.
This is not a real world example. I made this up for this email. I am
having this kind of problems with many commands.
Another better example would be...
subj="This is a test email"
mutt -s ${subj} someemailaddress < somemessage
When this is run This becomes the subject and the rest of $subj became
email address. I have also tried escaping the spaces with \ and it does
not work. But when entered directly into the command it works fine.
Paul Kraus
Network Administrator
PEL Supply Company
216.267.5775 Voice
216-267-6176 Fax
www.pelsupply.com
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