Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:15:59 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com>, questions@freebsd.org Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Maintaining my music collection (off topic) Message-ID: <20051027091559.GA13069@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20051026194739.GL29508@localdomain> References: <20051026091053.8E30C83C03@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <20051026103948.GB5168@holestein.holy.cow> <20051026194739.GL29508@localdomain>
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in message <20051026194739.GL29508@localdomain>,
wrote Will Maier thusly...
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 06:39:48AM -0400, Parv wrote:
> > Looks like this script is not going to work in FreeBSD /bin/sh.
> > Install one of shells/bash* (guessing) ports and run this script
> > under that shell (unless somebody does the conversion for you).
>
> FreeBSD sh (1) supports parameter expansion, including expansions used
> in the referenced function.
(The deleted part Will M refereed above was similar to ${var%/*}.)
Yes, you are correct. I misremembered and did not paid much
attention to sh(1) man page before firing off my earlier post.
- Parv
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