> what I get is the $FPn dont get translated. Also if I leave out the ' ', I get
> errors; if i try to enclose the stuff in ( ) like in set path =(list of directories), it complains about the "("; if I try ('diretories list') it doesn't
> complain about the "(", but it doesnt work.
You tried almost all of the combinations except the right one :-)
When you enclose something in single quotes (') in shell, environment
variables inside the quotes do not get expanded. Try enclosing your