Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/05/04/04:52:08
> > 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.
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