-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 8:51 PM: > POSIX leaves behavior unspecified when -n is the first argument, and > also when any argument contains backslashes. However, if conformance > to the XSI part of SUSv3 is also desired, -e must be default. I tend > to think this is stupid, which you probably agree with, so I have no > opinion on changing it to be XSI-conformant but I'm mentioning it > anyway for completeness.
POSIX also states that echo is inherently non-portable, for these very reasons, and recommends using printf(1) instead of echo(1). - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHS57m84KuGfSFAYARAglAAKDOQUlF7oF5aUXsFKZecfirobA2UgCfd0X4 f/h3387RHiXENCuU8nwdB3w= =c8Qq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
