Re: inotifywait in bash script: space

On Sat, 2 Dec 2017, B.M. wrote: Dear all, not a Debian specific question, but I hope to get an answer here... I try to use inotifywait in a bash script to block until a file in a directory gets changed. Then the script should continue. That's working well unless the path I hand over to inotify

Re: inotifywait in bash script: space

Dear all, thank you for your inputs - indeed, I had to add "eval" to my script to get it working. Best, Bernd On Samstag, 2. Dezember 2017 17:10:10 CET you wrote: > Dear all, > > not a Debian specific question, but I hope to get an answer here... > > I try to use inotifywait in a bash script

Re: inotifywait in bash script: space

Hi, B.M. wrote: > MYCOMMAND = "inotifywait -qqr -e create \"$MYDIR\"" I assume you later execute this by $MYCOMMAND (and that you have no blanks around the '='). > echo shows the command correctly Not for me. I get already riddled in dialog: $ Y="a b c" $ X="echo \"$Y\"" $ $X