On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:17:10 +0200, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
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> Is there a way to say: "Hey zsh,...if you expand this variable,
> please let it look like single options..." ?
You want to use an array:
opt=(-t7z -m0=lzma -mx=8 -mfb=64)
zsh doesn't split scalar parameters on expansion unless the option sh_word_split is set.
You can also set it for the duration of a single expansion using ${=opt}
but for your own new script you really _do_ want to use arrays :)
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