Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:17:16 +0200 From: Stefan Farfeleder <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.subr src/share/man/man8 rc.subr.8 Message-ID: <20060621111716.GI846@wombat.fafoe.narf.at> In-Reply-To: <1150887909.3467.18.camel@mayday.esat.net> References: <200606210942.k5L9gtAi060504@repoman.freebsd.org> <1150883785.3467.4.camel@mayday.esat.net> <20060621105253.GE45947@comp.chem.msu.su> <1150887909.3467.18.camel@mayday.esat.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:05:09PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > Then I'm not sure what script would benefit from this function. Can you > point me to an example? > > > > I don't have a particular feeling against your function but it uses > > > commands that may not be available early enough (getopt, egrep). While > > > it's easy to remove the getopt dependency (see rc.d/mdconfig), it's not > > > the case for egrep. > > > > It's POSIX getopts, which ought to be a shell built-it by its design. > > egrep is used with -e only, one can avoid using it if egrep isn't > > available yet. The only issue is true and false, I was sure they > > were in /bin, but it can be fixed easily. true and false are builtins for /bin/sh. > > Still, with /bin/sh, getopt isn't a builtin: getopt != getopts > $ sh -c 'which getopt' > /usr/bin/getopt /bin/sh doesn't have a which builtin, so you are executing /usr/bin/which which just looks in $PATH. Try 'type getopts'. Stefan
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060621111716.GI846>