> > if [ ~`hostname` = ~6M ];then;NM=tomsrtbt;else;NM=`hostname`-tomsrtbt;fi
> >
> >Um, it looks like bash doesn't allow you do do if/then/else all on the
> >same line...
>
> It works, if you remove 2 semicolons:
>
> if [ ~`hostname` = ~6M ];then NM=tomsrtbt;else NM=`hostname`-tomsrtbt;fi
>
> Syntax for if/then/else from the bash manual:
But, with bash it works to say:
if ...
then
...
else
...
fi
so it *should* work to have the semicolons, as well. Semicolons should
ALWAYS be equivalent to newlines, shouldn't they? Anyway, I'll take them
out.
-TomA
