From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 9 05:07:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA20041 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:07:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from zed.ludd.luth.se (zed.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA20033 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:07:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from father.ludd.luth.se (dateck@father.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.18]) by zed.ludd.luth.se (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA22773; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:07:48 +0100 From: Tomas Klockar Received: (dateck@localhost) by father.ludd.luth.se (8.6.11/8.6.11) id OAA08024; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:07:52 +0100 Message-Id: <199703091307.OAA08024@father.ludd.luth.se> Subject: Re: expr failure To: un_x@hotmail.com (steve howe) Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:07:51 +0100 (MET) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199703091226.EAA16596@f16.hotmail.com> from steve howe at "Mar 9, 97 04:26:58 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL15 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to steve howe: > "/bin/expr" seems to be non-funtional. > \ > !#/bin/sh > # > a=0; a='expr $a + 1' # right out of man page for expr ^ ^ should be ` ` > # > case $a in > # > 0) echo val is 0;; > 1) echo val is 1;; > esac > \ > 2.1.5 - does this work for anyone? > i'm not sure if bugs are to be considered a "fluke" > or if they are considered a "normal" thing in this stage of FBSD > development. please respond to sender in addition to maillist. > Works for me. /Tomas -- Tomas Klockar can be found at the following adresses: Kårhusvägen 4:23 | Furuvägen 102 | dateck@ludd.luth.se 977 54 Luleå | 871 52 Härnösand | dateck@solace.mh.se Tel: +46-920-231335 | Tel: +46-611-13393 | d94-tkl@sm.luth.se