Subject: FVWM: HELP: trouble using 'Exec echo' from FvwmCommand shell script

From: Josin Etienne <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:07:57 -0600 (MDT)

A little while ago i wrote about how to write (from a shell script)
	a window id produced by an Fvwm command to a file.

    I was trying to do this (after calling '. FvwmCommand.sh' from 
	my bash shell script):

    Next [ *${window_name}* ] Exec echo \$w > /tmp/ztest4

Well,  the solution i got, which was to escape the '$w' did not work.

So, i tried a simple test, and it apparently turns out that I
cannot even echo "FFFF" into a file !

the test script follows:

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#!/bin/bash
# to test fvwm's  FvwmCommand Exec command from shell
#
. FvwmCommand.sh
#
    # this works ok (expected)
    echo "foo" > /tmp/ztest1

    # this does create a file 
    Exec touch /tmp/ztest2

    # this produces an empty file.........
	# (but it works OK from FvwmTalk) <-- <--
    Exec echo FFFF > /tmp/ztest3    

    # this produces an empty file too.  errors file has no contents.
	# (but it works OK from FvwmTalk) <-- <--
    Exec cat /tmp/zfoo > /tmp/ztest4  2> /tmp/zerr

#    this is what i would like to do in the end...
#    Next [ *${window_name}* ] Exec echo \$w > /tmp/ztest4

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thanks for any insights... - josin

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