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From: Daniel Herzig <daniel.herzig@outlook.at>
Subject: Re: passing string to sh source code block
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:07:25 +0000
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Sorry, I found my mistake. I'll post it anyway, maybe it's of use to
someone.

My path contains spaces, so I had to change the code a bit (see below).

Daniel Herzig <daniel.herzig@outlook.at> writes:

> Hi!
>
> I am trying to pass a path to an org-source-codeblock using the :var tag
> in the header:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC sh :var directory=3D"/x/y/z"
> cd directory
> ls
> #+END_SRC

#+BEGIN_SRC sh :var directory=3D"/x/y/z"
cd "$directory"
ls                            =20
#+END_SRC

Like this it works as needed.

> The output of the ls command shows that I obviously stay in the location
> of my .org file (not "/x/y/z") -- is there a way to pass the path to the =
source
> codeblock, without having to enter the path inside the block?
>
> Any hint appreciated, thanks in advance,
>
> cheers,
> Daniel