On 06Aug2006 12:44, Chris Bradford <chrisbradford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I changed | | ctime=/bin/date | compname=hostname | | to: | | ctime="$(date)" | compname="$(hostname)" BTW, you don't need the quotes. The assignment is parsed before the values arrive. Eg, this works: x='a b c' y=$x Also, just for other scripts, this: foo=`command` is more portable than foo=$(command) Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years and we're not using it anymore. - Juan Cole, 08aug2005
