Re: FVWM: sourcing other text files

From: Phil Stracchino <alaric_at_caerllewys.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:08:30 -0400

On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 07:16:23PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> Eduardo Alvarez <punga_at_great-atuin.net> writes:
> > Hello, all
> >
> > One (potentially very silly) question: is there a command that reads
> > another text file? I want to have a different file for the window styles,
> > and, although I figure I could use PipeRead cat <filename>, I wondered if
> > there's another method.
>
> Read

Now what *I'd* really like is to be able to make this conditional, or
have it evaluate a path.

Something like, say,

        Read $HOME/bin/$OS/os-specific-settings

Is this possible?

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