C-shell variables

[peter da silva]

You probably have good reasons for doing it that way, but...

In article <728 at travis.csd.harris.com>, brad at SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Brad Appleton) writes:
> Regardless, I am required to put my variable setting in a file named "tmp"
> and set the variable using:

> 	% eval `cat tmp`

Might I as what is wrong with "source tmp"?

As for the quoting, I have found that:

set variable "text \
text"

(yes, with a *space* before the backslash) works.

(As has been noted, CSH is flakier than a bowl of cereal)
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