Use a variable in an export path

[Chris Sellitto]

> Hi All,
> 
> 
> 
> I have an export where I'm setting the export path.  Currently I am
> hard-coding the path for each user that needs to access the export so it
> goes to their user folder on our windows server.   filePro is installed
> on
> CentOS 6.2.  I can get the name of each user using a variable in filePro
> but I don't know how to insert the variable into the path.  Below is a
> sample of how I've tried it but it's not working.  nm is the variable
> that holds the user's full name and fn is the variable being used for
> the file name.
> 
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> 
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/'nm'/filepro/export.txt"
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> 
> openit subroutine:
> 
> export ascii file=(fn) r=\n f=|
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Josh Reader - Systems Analyst
> 
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Josh,

Please explain, "it's not working"? Are you receiving an error?  

I am not familiar with CentOS, but shouldn't the syntax be as follows?

fn="/appl/user_exports/users/'{nm{'/filepro/export.txt"

Notice the brackets around variable NM.

Chris