On 12/07/2013 04:39 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > bash and ksh were fine with this, but dash 0.5.6 wasn't so... > > commit 645102c94cf8fddf1251940b2af884871befb388 > Author: Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> > Date: Sat Dec 7 15:36:33 2013 +0000 > > tests: avoid problematic $(< file) shell construct > > * tests/cp/link-deref.sh: This was seen to cause an issue > with dash v0.5.6 at least, so change to a simpler expression. > > diff --git a/tests/cp/link-deref.sh b/tests/cp/link-deref.sh > index 91a6c5d..c12dfc8 100755 > --- a/tests/cp/link-deref.sh > +++ b/tests/cp/link-deref.sh > @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for src in dirlink filelink danglink; do > "$result" \ > "$ino_dst" \ > "$typ_dst" \ > - "$(< err)" \ > + "$(cat err)" \ > > out > > # What was expected? >
+1, thanks. I'm afraid I'll be tempted to use the $(<file) construct next time again. Do you this it's worth adding a new syntax-check? BTW: how did you generate the mail? It seems it got a bit mangled this time. Have a nice day, Berny
