Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:49:54 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: Script style: ` or $()? Message-ID: <4FC81FC2.1020307@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-FhG13uwspUd=JmjO%2BrY=D5rMW4F5hEbnmHqkjQaq40Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FC694C9.9040501@delphij.net> <CADLo83-FhG13uwspUd=JmjO%2BrY=D5rMW4F5hEbnmHqkjQaq40Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/31/2012 2:29 PM, Chris Rees wrote:
> Seems that either no preference or $() is the rule,
I not only wouldn't say that, I didn't when I responded previously. :)
> but if you're
> documenting a code example that is designed to be copy/pasted to a
> shell then you should use `` -- otherwise you make life very difficult
> for t?csh users.
Valid point, except that he specified that he is writing an rc.d script
(which makes sense considering the list ...).
Doug
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