On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Anthony Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The UNIX Programming Environment, p.78 >
Plan 9 is not UNIX. The difference in code is: < < if(argc > 1) < if(strcmp(argv[1], "--") == 0){ < argv++; < argc--; < } < else if(strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) < nflag = 1; --- > if(argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "-n") == 0) > nflag = 1; Which is not much. So, my question remains, why not?. Even in the UPE it says that the echo -n ' ' is ugly... -- - curiosity sKilled the cat