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Re: A script problem

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zoki)
Mon Nov 9 18:08:12 1998

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 22:04:13 +0100 (CET)
From: Zoki <zokiphoto@magic.fr>
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In-Reply-To: <199811091707.LAA13019@isunix.it.ilstu.edu>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Tim Hockin wrote:

->try backquotes, not normal quotes.  `/usr/bin/id -un`
->
->> if  [ '/usr/bin/id -un' = "zokiphoto" ]; then


*** Thanks Tim,

I already noticed the backquotes in a few examples but couldn't find them
on my (french) keyboard so I assumed it were normal single quotes but
different due to the language difference. It turns out now the backquote
was ereased from the key. I located it and it works.

Zoki.
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