Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: C-shell variables Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 90 01:04:06 GMT References: <728@travis.csd.harris.com> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 18 You probably have good reasons for doing it that way, but... In article <728@travis.csd.harris.com>, brad@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Brad Appleton) writes: > Regardless, I am required to put my variable setting in a file named "tmp" > and set the variable using: > % eval `cat tmp` Might I as what is wrong with "source tmp"? As for the quoting, I have found that: set variable "text \ text" (yes, with a *space* before the backslash) works. (As has been noted, CSH is flakier than a bowl of cereal) -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com (currently not working) peter@hackercorp.com