ksh MAILPATH variable

[Jan van der Steen]

We are running ksh version 06/03/86 in a BSD 4.3 environment.

Does anybody have a clue why:

	MAILPATH=$MAIL?'$(/bin/mail)'

doesn't work?

According to the man page, ksh echo's the argument following
the question mark while performing parameter and command
substitution.

So $(/bin/mail) should result in executing /bin/mail.
Our version only echo's "$(/bin/mail)"

By the way:

	MAILPATH=$MAIL?'You have mail [pwd = $PWD]'

does work.


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