From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 14 18:59:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA04351 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:59:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gateway.sequent.com (gateway.sequent.com [138.95.18.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA04343 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:59:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from eng4.sequent.com (eng4.sequent.com [138.95.7.64]) by gateway.sequent.com (8.6.13/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA09431; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:58:18 -0800 Received: from localhost (bjj@localhost) by eng4.sequent.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA10030; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:58:33 -0800 Message-Id: <199602150258.SAA10030@eng4.sequent.com> X-Authentication-Warning: eng4.sequent.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Michael Smith Cc: muir@idiom.com (David Muir Sharnoff), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: minor nit (was: An ISP's Wishlist... ) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Feb 96 10:37:05 +1030." <199602150007.KAA18935@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 18:58:33 PST From: Ben Jackson Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199602150007.KAA18935@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> , you wrote: > Wrap it in a tiny shellscript : > > while [ 1 ]; do > named $* > done This particular construct is one of my pet peeves. The arguments get resplit, so when you run the script with "foo bar" it becomes two words on the named command line. The idiom for doing this correctly is: named "$@" And while I'm here I'd suggest `while :' for infinte loops. :-) -- Ben Jackson ben@ben.com http://www.ben.com/~ben/