Aloha David, David Dynerman writes:
> I cannot tangle a bash source block (via ob-shell) that contains > variables. To reproduce, enter this into an org file: > > #+BEGIN_SRC bash :var HELLO="world" :tangle > echo $HELLO > #+END_SRC > > Then C-c C-v t RET > > This error is reported: > > org-babel-tangle-single-block: Wrong number of arguments: (2 . 4) The :tangle keyword requires an argument, one of 'yes', 'no', or a path. But I think your error message (which I can reproduce) is due to using 'bash' instead of 'shell' for the language of the source code block. This works for me: #+BEGIN_SRC shell :var HELLO="world" :tangle bash.sh echo $HELLO #+END_SRC hth, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com
