Environment vars calling programs

[J.L.Francois]

Orig Msg> Ok, here's the first HP-UX question.  I want to setup the HOSTNAME var to
Orig Msg> function like it does under Linux.  If I set HOSTNAME='/bin/hostname' and
Orig Msg> echo $HOSTNAME I get '/bin/hostname' printed back, not the hostname of the
Orig Msg> machine..  Any ideas?
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Orig Msg> Don
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Orig Msg> 

Your ticks are backward.
assuming a bash like shell try:
HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
export HOSTNAME
echo $HOSTNAME

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