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Date:      Tue, 1 Dec 1998 02:29:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981201022802.4238M-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981130133154.9726I-100000@java.dpcsys.com>

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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Dan Busarow wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > I was thinking of implementing something like the scheme at
> > http://www.freebsd.org/~eivind/newrc.tar.gz (which is just me speaking
> > in code instead of attempting to convey everything in words), and then
> 
> Quick question, where does $( in
> 
> 	for _rcscript in $(
> 
> get set?  I don't recognize that as a shell builtin.


	$(command) == `command`

	$() is the POSIX way and a lot less prone for confusion with the
single quote.

	I'll note that this is the same big for-loop that I suggested
would scare a newbie into running to their mother in another message.

	Adrian
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