Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:25:39 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> Cc: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bash: space in cd arg bug? Message-ID: <37C6D823.19D5355C@nisser.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908272330060.330-100000@localhost.cgu.chel.su>
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Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > > guys, what are you discussing ? > am I wrong ? Semantics. Basically whether the substituted value should be interpreted as an atomic value or ought to be taken at face value. If it is an atomic value then 'cd $FOO' ought to work no matter the contents of $FOO, if not then it can not be expected to work if those contents after expansion conflict with the syntax. Since these things can nip you in the butt at the most awkward times - think major install scripts - it is not an as frivolous excercise as it may look. Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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