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From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
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On 26 Apr 1997, Andrew Gierth wrote:

> > At 11:54 AM 4/24/97 -0700, Curt Sampson wrote:
> 
> >> Thus, having the variable set to "" or unset (they're the
> >> same thing in /bin/sh)
> 
> Can't let this slip past: "" and unset are certainly not the same in sh.

So how do we test for the difference between the two?

cjs

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