# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-30 15:26:47 -0500:
> In the last episode (Sep 30), Roman Neuhauser said:
> > could anyone tell me what $subject does? i can't find any
> > explanation. man pages for sh(1) (freebsd) and bash(1) (linux) don't
> > mention fnord.
> >
> > what does it do?
>
> The set command will set $1, $2, etc as though the arguments were
> passed to the script itself on the commandline. So after a "set fnord
> foo", you could do
>
> $ echo $#
> 2
> $ echo $1
> fnord
> $ echo $*
> fnord foo
>
> As for what fnord does? It gives you a headache.
yeah, i figured out i made a complete fool of myself after a bit
more rtfming and googling (FOLDOC). now if i only knew why oh why is
mkinstalldirs written this way.
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