Subject: Re: Backtick does not work
From: "Carlo Florendo" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Menon, Girish \(MED, WIPRO-GE MED\)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:12:06 +0800

----- Original Message -----
From: "Menon, Girish (MED, WIPRO-GE MED)"

> From the bash shell the ` (backtick or command execution) work. But when
> I spawn a process and execute a shell script which contains the back
> ticks, the process just chokes.
>
> For example, a simple shell script like
> #!/bin/sh
> ..
> ..
> myenv=`/bin/env | grep CYGWIN`

Check the permissions of your script.  It should at least be +x for the one who executes it.  Please be more specific on what
doesn't work?  Does echoing not work, say, if you add `echo $myenv' in your script?

By the way, this does not seem to be a cygwin problem.  Kindly check  for more info in http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo
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Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines Inc.
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