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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Bourne shell dosen't seem to rescan for quotes in variables.
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 04:13:39 EDT
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> Questions: is this universal?

Probably.  The 4.3BSD Bourne shell does the same thing; it is relatively
slightly modified from the V7 Bourne shell.  The SunOS 3.4 Bourne shell is
relatively slightly modified from the System V Bourne shell.

> is this correct?

Probably.

> is there a better avoidance?

Try

	eval exec $FOO

The "eval" will cause the shell to rescan the input and handle the quotes the
way you expect.
	Guy Harris
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