On Mon December 10 2007 09:34:34 pm Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Obviously, it is thinking it is an octal number. How do I convince bash
> to use standard base ten math? Is there a prefix?

Hi Carlos,

A bit of Google research reveals the prefix '10#' tells bash to use base 10 
(decimal) instead octal interpretation. What happens if you try this (or some 
derivative?) :-)

DIFF=$[ (10#$LOC_H - 10#$HWC_H)*3600 + (10#$LOC_M - 10#$HWC_M)*60 + 
(10#$LOC_S - 10#$HWC_S) ]


regards,

Carl
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