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Article #2290Re: Peter's suggestions for ash
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 13:08
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 13:08
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In article <ANDREWT.89Nov21113142@watsnew.waterloo.edu> andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) writes:
> the shell says that the backquote facility is there only for
> compatibility purposes. I agree with Brian Fox (writer of bash) on
> this issue. If you plan to include the backquote syntax, PLEASE do
> not remove the $() syntax in the process.
I have no problem with this. BUT for compatibility please, Koren, add the
backquotes. Most UNIX shell scripts use them. (all the ones that don't come
from GNU do, for example).
--
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>
`-_-'
'U` "Really, that tedious net etiquette stuff simply can't be expected
to apply to an _Author_" -- Peter Merel <pete@basser.oz>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Peter's suggestions for ash Message-ID: <4588@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 22 Nov 89 13:08:01 GMT References: <4573@sugar.hackercorp.com> <ANDREWT.89Nov21113142@watsnew.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: na Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 14