When you say "read", what exactly do you mean?? What is it you want to do with this variable?? On Fri, 02 Mar 2001 08:26:33 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Can any one figure out how to read the value of >a DOS environmental variable that contains a "." in it's >name. I would like to stay in a bash shell (ie >avoid using perl, and avoid invoking cmd.exe). > >thanks, > >Tom >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple