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From: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Setenv from C
Message-ID: <336@ihdev.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 13:14:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 13:14:10 1985
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Reply-To: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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>I don't know why `prog` by itself on a line doesn't work. Probably
>because `...` only returns one word. Oh well...
>
>	jim		cottrell@nbs
>*/
>------

Because "eval `prog`" exists.