access to Unix environment variables from within grads scripting language

[Diane Stokes]

The following works for me:

'!echo $base'
say result


    Diane


bernd.becker at METOFFICE.GOV.UK wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I would like to access System environment variables
> during run time of a grads script.
> The following function doddle allows me to do that,
> but it doesn't look nice.
>
> How can I make the following code much slicker?
> Regards,
> Bernd.
>
> function doddle ()
> '!echo $base >./erp1'
> record2=read(erp1)
> result=sublin(record2,2)
> rc=close(erp1)
> say result
> quit
> return
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Diane Stokes
Environmental Modeling Center
National Weather Service/NOAA