> There isn't much written on namerefs for two reasons: > > 1) They're quite new. > 2) They're pretty useless. :(
It depends on what your expectations are. Namerefs are essentially variable name aliases. For their stated purpose -- passing variable names to shell functions and allowing those functions to modify the named variable -- they are ok. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/