Jukka Salmi wrote:
> $ cat reldate
> echo "`cut -d\\\" -f2 reldate.h`"

> $ ksh reldate
> reldate: no closing quote

You seem to be using the PDKSH ksh-clone that we insist upon distributing
as /bin/ksh.  An actual ksh gives the same results you posted for sh/bash.

-Chap