| > > any particular reason to use a syntax different from the one | > > in the drivers man pages? | > > | > > i.e: | > > ifconfig wpi0 wpa wpapsk `wpa-psk wlan supersecret` | > > instead of: | > > ifconfig wpi0 nwid wlan wpa wpapsk $(wpa-psk wlan supersecret) | > | > `<technobabble>` is sh, $(<technobabble>) is ksh. I believe both | > work on our sh. As long as one is not doing any quoting inside I | > don't think there is much difference although I prefer $(). | > | | But $(<technobabble>) does not work in csh and clones. So `<technobabble>` | is more portable. Not everyone is using ksh.
I don't really care about the $() vs ``. I just worry about the gratuitous difference with the drivers man pages and more importantly, the lack of the nwid keyword. Damien
