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Re: command line variable assignments
From: |
Kenny McCormack |
Subject: |
Re: command line variable assignments |
Date: |
16 May 2002 09:35:49 -0500 |
In article <address@hidden>,
Tom Lord <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
>Versions 3.0.3 and 3.0.6 both seem to think that an "=" in a
>command line argument indicates a variable assignment rather
>than a filename. As I read the spec, this is so only if the
>text to the left of the "=" begins with an underscore or letter and
>contains only characters which are valid in identifiers -- otherwise
>the argument must be treated as a filename.
Please, please, please include the name of the product you are discussing
(in this case, GAWK) in the subject line of your post.