Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 17:34:53 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /bin/sh and BIG NUMBERS Message-ID: <20030406213453.GB4780@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20030406190054.AA08537B404@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20030406190054.AA08537B404@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 12:00 , freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org exclaimed "Las Cucarachas entran, Pero no puede en salir", and then rambled on saying with: > 2. Re: /bin/sh and BIG NUMBERS (Giorgos Keramidas) > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 06:24:50 +0300 > From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > Subject: Re: /bin/sh and BIG NUMBERS > To: Alex Semenyaka <alexs@ratmir.ru> > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20030406032450.GC4130@gothmog.gr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 2003-04-05 07:06, Alex Semenyaka <alexs@ratmir.ru> wrote: > > I found that /bin/sh cannot handle numbers those do not fit to integer > > type. That is not too bad. Too bad that it just silently warps them > > in arithmetical operations: > > alexs@snark> /bin/sh -c 'echo $((10000000000-1))' > > 2147483646 Not all shells have that problem. I'm using the real KSH from AT&T via the ports. It's returns 999999999 quite nicely :-) This is just an FYI - and /bin/sh should get changed. > End of freebsd-hackers Digest, Vol 2, Issue 8 > ********************************************* -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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