Magnus Hagander wrote: > Win32 will deal with the backticks Ok, but not the read && echo part. > You can set it to the output of a variable, for example > \set x `echo foo` > > but I haven't been able to trick it into actually reading something. One > would think something like: > \set x `set /p Z= && echo %Z%` > would work, but it doesn't. One reason for this is that %Z% is actually > resolved at parsing time. it's a pain in CMD language, but that's how it > works. :-( CMD "language"? LOL -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
