On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:47:17 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Seeger) wrote:
> The other classic problem is that the variable may begin with a "-",
> which test will attempt to interpret as a command line switch.  That
> can be addressed either by putting the variable expansion on the right
> side of the "=" or by preceeding both sides by identical strings, e.g.

>       [ x$install = xyes ] && ...


or use the ksh93 [[ ... ]]

        [[ $install == yes ]] && ...

-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --

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