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On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
>
> That's fairly basic shell syntax.  Use "double quotes" on any string  
> where
> you want variable interpolation.
>
> 	Cheers,
>
>
> 	Matthew

I will try that again and let you know what happens.

Thanks,

Jay