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From: richardson AT evansville DOT edu
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:26:12 GMT
Message-ID: <20010302.17261236@ar63pc.cecs.evansville.edu>
Subject: RE: how2 read value of DOS env var containing a "." ? 
To: rodmant AT pounder DOT sol DOT net, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Reply-To: richardson AT evansville DOT edu
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Not pretty, but works:

bashvar=$(set | grep DOS.VAR | cut -d= -f2)

(I didn't know that bash vars couldn't have "."s in their
names. I wonder why not?)

Tony Richardson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rodmant AT pounder DOT sol DOT net [mailto:rodmant AT pounder DOT sol DOT net]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 8:27 AM
> To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> Subject: how2 read value of DOS env var containing a "." ?
> 
> 
> Can any one figure out how to read the value of
> a DOS environmental variable that contains a "." in it's
> name. I would like to stay in a bash shell (ie
> avoid using perl, and avoid invoking cmd.exe).
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Tom
> rodmant AT pounder DOT sol DOT net
> 
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