Re: Variable Substitution
On Saturday 08 March 2008 14:48:52 Victor Subervi wrote: > No, no, I have made myself misunderstood. I am looking for a %x where x is > some letter that will enable me to substitute a file. Also, I am looking > for a howto to brush up on that. What is this called if not variable > substitution, which is not google-friendly? Ah you can't. %x substitution only works on primitives and char arrays, meaning, numbers of various sizes, letters and strings of letters. There's also date formatting (strftime), but that's about as far as it goes. A file is not a 'thing', it's a container of things, so it's very hard 'format'. But like Eric said, it helps to know what language you're using and what you got so far and what you want to do. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Variable Substitution
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 02:48:52PM +0100, Victor Subervi wrote: > No, no, I have made myself misunderstood. I am looking for a %x where x is > some letter that will enable me to substitute a file. What do you mean by "substitute a file". Do you mean the name of a file? Or the contents of a file? Or a file handle? Or something else? Also: what language/tool are you using? '%x' (for various values of x) is primarily used by printf() and scanf(). They do not have any special formats for files of any kind. You will have to explain in more detail what it is you are actually trying to do, because that is not clear at all. > Also, I am looking for > a howto to brush up on that. What is this called if not variable > substitution, which is not google-friendly? > TIA, > Victor > > > On 3/4/08, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Monday 03 March 2008 15:52:51 Victor Subervi wrote: > > > > > Forgive this basic question, but can´t figure out how to google it. If I > > > want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string, or > > %d > > > for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can find a > > > howto? > > > > printf(1) or printf(3), pending what language you want. > > -- > > Mel > > -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Variable Substitution
No, no, I have made myself misunderstood. I am looking for a %x where x is some letter that will enable me to substitute a file. Also, I am looking for a howto to brush up on that. What is this called if not variable substitution, which is not google-friendly? TIA, Victor On 3/4/08, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 03 March 2008 15:52:51 Victor Subervi wrote: > > > Forgive this basic question, but can´t figure out how to google it. If I > > want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string, or > %d > > for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can find a > > howto? > > printf(1) or printf(3), pending what language you want. > -- > Mel > > Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules >and never get to the software part. > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Variable Substitution
On Monday 03 March 2008 15:52:51 Victor Subervi wrote: > Forgive this basic question, but can´t figure out how to google it. If I > want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string, or %d > for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can find a > howto? printf(1) or printf(3), pending what language you want. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Variable Substitution
Hi: Forgive this basic question, but can´t figure out how to google it. If I want to substitute strings in an expression, I can use %s for string, or %d for digit. What about file? What is this process called, so I can find a howto? TIA, Victor ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
