According to Dan Langille:
> On 14 Nov 2002 at 10:43, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> > Linux systems use Bash as the standard shell, which has some
> > extensions over what the standard Bourne shell has, the parsing of {,}
> > lists being one of them.  (Bash borrowed this syntax from Csh, as did
> > Ksh I think.) Just expand these manually yourself in your script, and
> > your shell should be happy.  E.g.:
> > 
> >   mv db.words.db{.work,}   -->   mv db.words.db.work db.words.db
> > 
> > Either that or use a different shell to parse your script.
> 
> 
> Hmmm, for shell scripts, especially those distributed to third 
> parties, it's usually safer to use the standard /bin/sh for 
> everything.

Good point!  I should make sure the contrib scripts are compatible with
the standard shell.

-- 
Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)


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