eval foo.sh $FOO Should do the trick... -- James Morle Scale Abilities, Ltd http://www.scaleabilities.co.uk Author of "Scaling Oracle8i - Building Highly Scalable OLTP System Architectures"
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Post, Ethan > Sent: 06 March 2002 19:23 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Korn Shell Q > > > No that did not work, thanks. I remember the command I am > more specifically looking for, it is a command that says to > do expansion twice on a line, anyone remember what this is? > > basically if you have a variable that looks as follows > > echo $FOO > > -g "dba apps" > > the double quotes will get exanded another time so they are > picked up correctly when you call > > foo.sh $FOO > > - Ethan > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:32 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Ethan, I had a similar problem when using the getopts > command when using it in conjuction with nohup and the > &. I found by throwing ksh in the syntax everthing > worked. i.e. nohup ksh setup.ksh -a parameters & > > This may or may not work for you but it's worth a try. > > Scott > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Post, Ethan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') > and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may also send the HELP command for other > information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: James Morle INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
