Re: confused by m4 esyscmd expansion ... how to 'escape' nested quotes?

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hi stepan,

> > (b) this, does NOT work:
> >
> >         define([MY_IP_ADDR],
> >         esyscmd([dig @]MY_NS_NAME MY_HOST_NAME[ | awk 'index($ 0,
> >         "]MY_HOST_NAME[") == 1 {printf("%s", $ 5) }']))

argh. *&^*&!  :-/

ok.  i'll retry this in a bit ...

as i DO have a working alternative -- though not as "tight" as your code -- 
i've moved on to trying to figure out arrays/stacks (another post: "how 2 
manage arrays & stack conflicts in m4?")

thx!

cheers,

richard