Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihdev.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihdev!pdg 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 Article-I.D.: ihdev.336 Posted: Mon Sep 30 13:14:10 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 07:29:07 EDT References: <1693@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 8 >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.