[OT] Evaluate strings in bash

[Matias Surdi]

Oliver Fromme escribió:
> Matias Surdi wrote:
>  > # echo $BINMAKE
>  > `if [ -x /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo 
>  > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi` -m /usr/src/share/mk
>  > 
>  > I'd like to have a second variable like:
>  > [code]
>  > # echo $newvariable
>  > make -m /usr/src/share/mk
> 
> # newvariable=`eval echo $BINMAKE`
> 
> By the way, this has nothing to do with bash.  Those things
> work with every bourne shell, including FreeBSD's /bin/sh.
> It even works with Solaris' /bin/sh which is very far from
> a POSIX shell.  :-)
> 
> Best regards
>    Oliver
> 

I've already tried that, but doesn't work.

$newvariable will end with the output of running "make -m 
/usr/src/share/mk" on the current directory and not with the string 
"make -m /usr/src/share/mk" which is wat I want.


Thanks a lot for your help.