On Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:17 PM, rasa@gmx.ch wrote
> BTW: what is the difference between $KDEDIR and
> ${KDEDIR}? When is wich used?
They refer to the same data. The braces form is to
seprate the variable from the context. For example:
rename $fname $fnamebackup # is ambiguous,
rename $fname ${fname}backup # is not.
-g