If you preface the "<" in the setvar statement with an exclamation mark (!), the
echo will correctly display the variable, line2.
     :setvar line2 "run ftp.arpa.sys !< tmp1"
     :echo line2
     run ftp.arpa.sys < tmp1
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From: Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> on 03/22/2000 10:33 AM

Please respond to Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>


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Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] Command file woes




Kevin Newman wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create a command file that does some re-trying when FTPing
> a file to a host that sometimes has problems.  I have pulled out a
> subset of the command that I am having a problem with.  It seems that I
> should be able to get the redireciton in LINE2, but I cannot get it to
> show.  Is there a way of doing this?
>
> #2\SYS\PUB:setvar retry 3
> #2\SYS\PUB:echo exit > tmp1
> #2\SYS\PUB:setvar line1 "while count < !retry"
> #2\SYS\PUB:setvar line2 "run ftp.arpa.sys < tmp1"
> #2\SYS\PUB:echo !line1
> while count < 3

This is the same as:

echo while count < 3

"3" is not a valid filename, so the CI apparently doesn't try to do
redirection.

> #2\SYS\PUB:echo !line2
> run ftp.arpa.sys

echo run ftp.arpa.sys < tmp1

"tmp1" is a valid filename, and so if the echo command were to read any input,
it would come from "tmp1".  So redirection is in effect here, and the "< tmp1"
isn't echoed.

I think you really meant to say:

echo "!line2"

But this echoes the quotes too.  It's not quickly obvious to me how to echo
this without quotes and without redirection happening...

- Mark B.