> >
> > eval does the trick:
> >
> > SUBJECT="This is a test mail"
> > WARNMSG="An error occurred"
> > WARNCMD="mail -s \"${SUBJECT}\" root"
> > echo "echo $WARNMSG | $WARNCMD"
> > eval $WARNMSG | $WARNCMD
>
> oops, sorry, quotes are required here:
>
> eval "$WARNMSG | $WARNCMD"
well, hum you see what I mean don't you? :)
eval "echo $WARNMSG | $WARNCMD"
sorry for the noise
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Cédric Lucantis