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In a message dated: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:48:27 EDT Benjamin Scott said: >On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, at 2:15pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If they only exist within bash, then I wouldn't advocate their use if >> you're goal is portable shell code. > > If portability is a concern, depending on the environment, it is sometimes >easier to install the GNU tools everywhere than try to craft something that >works on all the "native" tools. Install the GNU tool once, and be done >with it, or spend the rest of your life porting your own code. :-) Sometimes you don't have access to install the GNU tools. That's when you reach for perl, it's almost always there. Of course, with the fact that Linux has taken over the world, all this is a moot point, right? ;) - -- Seeya, Paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 (debian 2.2-1) iD8DBQE8xWFBuweSOVPxKO4RAlvxAJ9b76nj8kH4a8QgSYbAlLM0PWBv0ACfdeQb n19OxjIBZ1qP6nLLq5ZHvp8= =EWgY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
