From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28838 invoked by alias); 4 Apr 2011 13:59:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 15921 Received: (qmail 29729 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2011 13:59:47 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.google.com designates 209.85.215.171 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0o2PBIZmZG7+ZVxqVJw33QP8Az2okZSZ4ix5FO6O3HE=; b=GWcfpvcmERs65Xr6wh/LrccsEQg2XD7qNYIo3rGxb5wd+U1qfTHlZkqOQBDZnA2PwP 8mydvTfs/8vw1S7EVm+sbQt6LS4spn2WMMk5xD+soMBjDgIS0uzlcWlchXtP4rNv3NKJ VAe+F7fn/+jQ79PzdPiMgcAEIi/mQ5oq/haHo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vJfB8aRpSr1DjSzHtD3sbPdwXCDUyl0GWw8Ot/bwmUdWO3CznE4FETjK+AAKFHcvHj wcqzdiO0gW/8D6GBrA+mwXrHNSfB9FYcW8poom08EmIU3OJxvGqY2AT2DoaXIBDddQc2 VwxovMaoHSrsdqyJ9Qx98rVAuGiHQEAun0ODk= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: =?UTF-8?B?SsOpcsOpbWllIFJvcXVldA==?= Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:51:43 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: is variable with variable name possible? To: Zsh Users Cc: zzapper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2011/4/4 J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie Roquet : > 2011/4/4 zzapper : >> somevar=3D$(pwd) >> >> but I want somevar to be a variable name > > $ eval "$somevar=3D$(pwd)" Actually, the quotes aren't even needed: $ eval $somevar=3D$(pwd) --=20 J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie