On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:53:13PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > dak@lola:~$ ash > $ export JUNK=woozle > $ sh -c 'echo $JUNK' > woozle > $ exit > dak@lola:~$ dash > $ export JUNK=woozle > $ sh -c 'echo $JUNK' > woozle > $ exit > > What problem are we talking about exactly, and with what shell? $ uname -sr FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p17-jc1 $ /bin/sh $ FOO='with spaces' $ echo $FOO with spaces $ OK=$FOO; export OK $ sh -c 'echo $OK' with spaces $ export BAD=$FOO $ sh -c 'echo $BAD' with $ echo $BAD with -Peff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html