Hello there, > Just curious as to whether or not there might be anyone in the > mailing list here that is pretty good with quasi-complex /bin/sh > scripting.
Yes, there are a few shell monsters lurking in this cavern. Perhaps they wish to remain in the shadows....I do not know. > I'm trying to keep what I'm working on as portable as > possible, and down to the lowest common denominator for any UNIX > system, not just linux, so I'm pared down a bit even from general > bash scripting ability. Scripts that are ultimately portable end up looking to me (for obvious reasons) like every ./configure script out there. > I've got a problem involving some dynamic command line creation > issues with (at least in the solution that I've come up with for > it as to this point) heavily recursive quoting involved. Sounds like the usual sort of ugly when you can't use the features of bash, zsh or even a proper language/library. > If anybody knows a bit about quoting and string expansion in > /bin/sh, I'll post a bit for troubleshooting, if anyone would care > to lend a hand. Be cautious, lest you be bitten by a some dreadful non-POSIX beast. They are, however, so alluring.... -Martin -- Martin A. Brown http://linux-ip.net/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
