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Re: how2 read value of DOS env var containing a "." ?
- To: richardson at evansville dot edu, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: how2 read value of DOS env var containing a "." ?
- From: Tom Rodman <rodmant at pounder dot sol dot net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 07:51:30 -0600
- Reply-to: Tom Rodman <rodmant at pounder dot sol dot net>
The guy (Bob) at work that asked me the original question came up
with this soln:
set HACK=FOO.BAR ; echo ${!HACK} ; FOO_BAR=${!HACK}
Thanks Tony and Earnie for your help!
-Tom
On Fri 3/2/01 17:57 GMT richardson@evansville.edu wrote:
>It's kind of obvious that it was programmed not too, isn't it?
>I was just kind of wondering out loud about why a dot was not
>allowed as a legal character in a variable name by the bash
>designers.
>
>I don't think it is a good idea to modify bash so that you
>can write scripts that aren't compatible with original bash.
>A workaround is called for here. That's what I suggested.
>
>Tony Richardson
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>On 3/2/2001, 11:46:33 AM, Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote=20
>regarding Re: how2 read value of DOS env var containing a "." ?:
>
>
>> richardson@evansville.edu wrote:
>> >
>> > Not pretty, but works:
>> >
>> > bashvar=3D$(set | grep DOS.VAR | cut -d=3D -f2)
>> >
>> > (I didn't know that bash vars couldn't have "."s in their
>> > names. I wonder why not?)
>> >
>
>> Uhm, just because it was programmed not too? Use the source, Luke.
>> (tm) It is very easily modifiable.
>
>> Earnie.
>
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