On 09/05/2012 07:51 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote: >> Just start the script with "#!/bin/sh", as usual. >> When invoked that way, Bash and other shells are POSIX-compliant >> in this area.
> To what level of posix... To all the levels that are relevant for this discussion. In practice, people use "#!/bin/sh" and it works pretty well to avoid compatibility issues like this. It's not perfect for all POSIX issues, but you were asking for a solution to a particular problem, and this should solve your problem.