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Old 09-08-2010
Question Question on using a variable in KSH

Hi all,

The below command tries to copy ".tgz" instead of "hello_test.tgz" -- It seems as if the underscore gets in the way. I tried with different ways of using quotes, with no luck, unfortunately...it's probably very simple, but may I ask how this would be done:

How would the below be fixed to copy "hello_test.tgz" instead of ".tgz"?
Code:
NAME=hello
cp $NAME_test.tgz /tmp/$NAME_test.tgz

Thanks very much
cg
 

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Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		     Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build(3pm)

NAME
Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build - build your dist VERSION
version 4.300020 SYNOPSIS
dzil build [ --trial ] [ --tgz | --no-tgz ] [ --in /path/to/build/dir ] DESCRIPTION
This command is a very thin layer over the Dist::Zilla "build" method, which does all the things required to build your distribution. By default, it will also archive your distribution and leave you with a complete, ready-to-release distribution tarball. EXAMPLE
$ dzil build $ dzil build --no-tgz $ dzil build --in /path/to/build/dir OPTIONS
--trial This will build a trial distribution. Among other things, it will generally mean that the built tarball's basename ends in -TRIAL. --tgz | --no-tgz Builds a .tar.gz in your project directory after building the distribution. --tgz behaviour is by default, use --no-tgz to disable building an archive. --in Specifies the directory into which the distribution should be built. If necessary, the directory will be created. An archive will not be created. AUTHOR
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Ricardo SIGNES. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-06-21 Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build(3pm)
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