On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Richard Troth wrote: > > > Why would we code things for Linux > > > that are intentionally incompatible with other UNIX? > > > > Because 'test 'x' = "x$var";' is less readable than 'if [ -z "$var" ]; > > Don't need BASH for that. Any contemporary Bourne will do. > > This is getting silly: I feel like I'm bashing BASH, as if I > were a BASH hater. But the reverse is true. I've been using > BASH since lloonngg before Linux. I just cannot tolerate > or endorse a requirement for a non-generic shell.
In your excitement, you have completely distracted attention from what I said. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
