Re: IF syntax

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From: Earl Chew
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 1990 01:41

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In <965@ksr.com> harsha@ksr.com (Paul Harsha) writes:

>#!/bin/sh
>if [$temp != '']  
>then
>        echo 'remote-caller' >> .people;
>else
>        echo 'inside-caller' >> .people;
>fi

>works just fine.

#!/bin/sh
if [ $temp != '' ]
then
        echo 'remote-caller' >> .people;
else
        echo 'inside-caller' >> .people;
fi

works better when temp != '' :-)

Earl
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Earl Chew, Dept of Computer Science, Monash University, Australia 3168
EMAIL: cechew@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au PHONE: 03 5655447 FAX: 03 5655146
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From: cechew@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Earl Chew)
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Subject: Re: IF syntax
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Date: 15 Nov 90 01:41:12 GMT
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