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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:47:01 +0200
From:      Frank v Waveren <fvw@var.cx>
To:        parv <parv@pair.com>
Cc:        Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net>, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/39198: sh aborts on variables with periods
Message-ID:  <1023918173HKC.fvw@yendor.var.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20020612214110.GA30199@moo.holy.cow>
References:  <200206122010.g5CKA3L09165@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020612214110.GA30199@moo.holy.cow>

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:41:11PM -0400, parv wrote:
>     if test $RANDOM = $RANDOM
omg, you wicked wicked man. That will mysteriously misdetect on ksh/bash
once in 32767 times. Please don't.

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