On Feb 8, 2008 12:06 AM, Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Markus Neteler wrote: > > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/30007 > ... > > + # strangely "" counts as 1 > > + NAMELEN=`echo "$newcol" | wc -c | awk '{print $1}'` > > + if [ "$NAMELEN" -gt 11 ] ; then > > > the extra char is due to the newline: > > $ echo "" | wc -c > 1 > $ echo -n "" | wc -c > 0
ah, right. Question: is "-n" portable? I darkly remember some issue. Markus > For v.db.renamecol + SQLite and DBF, should we add extra checks like > 'v.info -c' or even compare before/after v.db.select counts to check > that new column is there and contains data before calling v.db.dropcol? > > I guess it's a matter of paranoia vs. wasted redundant effort how far > you go with that. > > > Hamish _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
