[Scottish] storing current directory

[Allan Whiteford]

Allan,

export AMB_TMP=`pwd`

Note the use of back ticks, not normal quotes.

Thanks,

Allan

Allan Bruce wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am modifying a script, and I need to be able to store the current
> directory, so I can come back to it.  I tried
> 
>     export AMB_TMP=pwd
> 
> but it doesnt work, AMB_TMP becomes 'pwd' rather than the current directory.
> How would I do this?
> Thanks
> Allan
> 
> 
> 
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