Message-ID: <B0FEA00E82A7D1118BFB00A0CC99027821329B@ARGON>
From: Michel de Ruiter <Michel AT smr DOT nl>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: "'DJGPP workers'" <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: v2.03: wrapping up
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 10:48:01 +0200 
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Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

> > May I repeat my suggestion of using {}? Curly braces are not
> > special to COMMAND.COM, and to Bash only if preceded by $.

> I probably miss something.  How would {} solve he problem of 
> designating the defaul value?

It doesn't *solve* it of course. It's an alternative to @@.
@ as well as { and } can appear in filenames, same problem
there.

> Are you suggesting to say "/dev/env/DJDIR{c:/djgpp}", that is, to use 
> the string inside the braces as the default value?

Yes. Are there any drawbacks I am not aware of (of course there are,
but what are they)?

Groente, Michel.