Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!sb1!mss From: mss@sb1.UUCP (MERLE SIMPKINS) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: /bin/sh feature? Message-ID: <173@sb1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 07:52:28 EDT Article-I.D.: sb1.173 Posted: Tue Jul 10 07:52:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Jul-84 03:21:35 EDT References: <274@uvm-cs.UUCP> csu60.22 Lines: 8 .... Your mv commands are trying to use non-existant variables such as: "$XXXX.XXXX.XXX". What you need is "${XXXX}/XXXX.XXX". The brackets allow substitution of your variable with the rest of the path name appended. M. S. Simpkins