2 May
2012
2 May
'12
11:27 p.m.
On 2 May 2012 18:33, Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something, but if the enclosing single quotes need to be omitted, as in the dash example, then why not just omit them?:
$ a=--debug --make-maker=--make-maker="INSTALLDIRS=vendor \ INSTALLMAN1DIR=none INSTALLMAN3DIR=none" --no-sign
err... Did you try that? brian@aquitard:~$ a=--debug --make-maker=--make-maker="INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLMAN1DIR=none INSTALLMAN3DIR=none" --no-sign --make-maker=--make-maker=INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLMAN1DIR=none INSTALLMAN3DIR=none: command not found Because the value is not quoted, the shell is parsing it as: ENV=VALUE CMD ARGS which is not what you want. -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>