Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: freebsd-bugs
Subject: Re: conf/3751: Improvements to /etc/rc{,.network,.pccard}
Message-ID: <199706021940.MAA07503@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/3751; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn)
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/3751: Improvements to /etc/rc{,.network,.pccard}
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:21:11 +0200
As Harlan Stenn wrote:
> J> foo="-ain't this weird?-"
>
> J> if [ "$foo" = "bar" ] ; ...
>
> Did you mean:
>
> if [ $foo = "bar" ] ; ...
>
> Shell metacharacters aren't expanded with "$foo".
No, i meant the problem that arises if $foo evaluates to something
that could become a valid switch for test(1).
--
cheers, J"org
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