Hi I am using R for package writing in R, and the org file is under svn version control. I would like to keep the version of the R package, as stated in the DESCRIPTION file, in sync with the svn revision, so I thought about using variables for that. But my approach below obviosly does not work, as in the tangled DESCRIPTION file, it says Version: 0.$VER Is it possible to have, during tangling, the actual value in the source file instead of the variable? Thanks, Rainer * The DESCRIPTION File #+begin_src sh :tangle ./asm/DESCRIPTION :shebang :padline no :var VER=(vc-working-revision (buffer-file-name)) Package: asm Type: Package Title: Alien spread management simulation model Version: 0.$VER Date: 2011-06-08 Author: Rainer M. Krug Maintainer: Rainer M Krug Description: For research License: GPL-3 LazyLoad: yes Depends: simecol, sp, maptools, spgrass6, RSQLite, Rcpp (>= 0.9.4) LinkingTo: Rcpp #+end_src -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug