From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 10 20:40:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF0D16A4CE for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F3D43D4C for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4AKe2Vc013817 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4AKe2Li013816; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200505102040.j4AKe2Li013816@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Daniel Rudy Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6771416A4CE for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:35:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C5943DA2 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:35:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4AKZxPd019349 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:35:59 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4AKZxwU019348; Tue, 10 May 2005 20:35:59 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200505102035.j4AKZxwU019348@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:35:59 GMT From: Daniel Rudy To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: bin/80868: /bin/sh gives wrong line number of unterminated quoted string error X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:40:02 -0000 >Number: 80868 >Category: bin >Synopsis: /bin/sh gives wrong line number of unterminated quoted string error >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 10 20:40:01 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel Rudy >Release: 5.3-RELEASE-p6 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD wildfire.danielrudy.org 5.3-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p6 #2: Wed Mar 30 06:30:41 PST 2005 root@strata:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WILDFIRE i386 >Description: When using borne shell scripts (/bin/sh) and there is a coding error in the script which results in a unterminated quoted string, /bin/sh gives the wrong line number of the error. >How-To-Repeat: Consider the following script: unquote: #!/bin/sh echo "quote 1" echo "quote 2 echo "quote 3" echo "quote 4" will yeild the following output: ./unquote: 6: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string It should be indicating that the error is on line 4, not line 6. This causes a real hassle to find a unquoted terminated string if you have a large script with many strings. >Fix: Unknown. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: