> Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If people really think it is necesary I can add: > > > > PPP_TTYNAME=`/usr/bin/basename "$2"` > > I think this is a bad idea. Anyone who wants to do this, can, and > throwing away information in situations like this is usually a bad > idea.
If I were throwing information away, I would agree with you 100%. As it is PPP_TTY contains the full argument, and PPP_TTYNAME the (possibly) truncated version of the same. So if people want to diferentiate they use $PPP_TTY and if they don't they use $PPP_TTYNAME. I think this is all fairly redunant, but I suppose it will help to avoid the misaprehension that $2 will not have /dev/ on the front, and it does mean that people will not have to reinvent the wheel on the `basename` front, to strip it off. Anyway, it's done like this in ppp_2.3.2-2 --- grab a copy, have a look and tell me what you think. Cheers, Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
