On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: > > > This: > > > if [ -n "$4" -o \( -n "$3" -a "$3" != 'fast' \) ]; then > > > ^ ^ > > > will fork a subshell. > > > > No; but, unescaped, it would. > > I'll have to dig a little. What shell? Bash or Dash?
Yes. I checked both. You're right. 'clone' is _not_ called when using that syntax. > > > What does $3 represent? I see it's tested against the string 'fast'. > > > I guess $3 may also have the value 'low' :) > > > > Not really... > > My typo, I intended to write 'slow' :) Still, it would be a good thing to document what the $3, $4... arguments represent. Cheers, -- Cristian _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
