On 09-Feb-07, 15:13 (CST), "John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only problem I see with $() is that older /bin/sh (SunOS) does not
> support $(), but it does support ``.
>
> When I make a /bin/sh, I want it able to be run on a /bin/sh, even if
> that /bin/sh is on SunOS.
Then you have a lot more problems than `` vs $(). Debian's (and pretty
much everybody elses) /bin/sh is POSIX, and allows any valid POSIX
construct. Solaris's /bin/sh is ancient Bourne shell, and doesn't
support a whole lot of stuff in common use.
Steve
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system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world. -- seen on the net
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