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Date:	Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:14:06 +0200
From:	"Lassi A. Tuura" <lassi DOT tuura AT cern DOT ch>
Organization:	Northeastern University, Boston, USA
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To:	cygwin users <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Fwd: RE: problems passing -DPARAM="String" from sh
References:	<20000816204705 DOT 18283 DOT qmail AT web120 DOT yahoomail DOT com>

> #!/bin/sh
> SOURCE="-DPARAM=\"This String\" file.cpp"
> icl $SOURCE                              # This line doesn't work.
> icl -DPARAM="This String" file.cpp       # This line works fine.

Do this:
  #!/bin/sh
  SOURCE="-DPARAM='This String' file.cpp"
  eval "icl $SOURCE"

... or more generally:
  #!/bin/sh
  SOURCE="-DPARAM='This String' file.cpp"
  eval "set -- $SOURCE"
  for arg in "$@"; do
     # use $arg for something
     echo "arg: $f"
  done

Hope this helps,
//lat
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