In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Auer writes: > export TWO_TASK=T:my_db_host_name:some_id
$ TWO_TASK="(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=my_db_host_name)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=some_sid)))" $ export TWO_TASK $ make test John [EMAIL PROTECTED]