All kidding aside, when I try this command in a job, it fails, thus:
 :SH.HPBIN.SYS "-c 'callci SETVAR _WEEK `/bin/date +%U`'"
 SETVAR _WEEK 17  >U2D9.PUB.TEST
                      ^
 Unexpected character found in number. (CIERR 9810)callci: error
opening redirection file  :EOJ

Note that the first line is the command as it appears in the stdlist, and
the second is its expression in the stdlist. I am not redirecting. Instead,
well, I'm not sure what is happening instead other than getting the text
above, where 17 is substituted for the text between the back ticks. I do not
know what is happening within the job to create the U2D9.PUB.TEST. Does
anyone else know?

Greg Stigers

"donna garverick" wrote:
> --- Greg Stigers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Is there a handy way to tuck this into a variable?
>
> :sh.hpbin.sys "-c 'callci setvar foo `date +%U`'"
> :showvar foo
> FOO = 17
<snip>

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