aj> If it's not to enable backwards and cross-Unix compatability, why aj> do we care about POSIX at all?
aj> bash, /bin/echo and POSIXLY_CORRECT /bin/echo all treat "\c" as a aj> literal, for reference. Herbert> GNU has always adopted the BSD behaviour of not interpreting Herbert> back slashes. All SYSV shells behaved like Herbert> printf "%b\n" "$*" Herbert> This includes pdksh. BTW, is the following of any import? Andrew> Submitted-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Josey) Andrew> Austin Group Status Update Submitted by Andrew Josey, The Open Andrew> Group. June 2002 [snip] Andrew> The ninth meeting of the joint technical working group Andrew> informally known as the Austin Group was held at The Open Andrew> Group facility in Reading, UK on May 8-9 2002. The meeting had Andrew> 20 attendees (nine of which via teleconference). Andrew> 120 aardvark defect reports were reviewed during the meeting. Andrew> It was agreed to form a subgroup to address the Regular Andrew> Expressions issues and that this would be chaired by David Andrew> Korn. It was agreed that the definition of the echo utility Andrew> should revert to XCU5, thereby accomodating the historical Andrew> practice of BSD, and that this be a candidate change for TC1. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 EngSoc adopts market economy: cheap is wasteful, efficient is expensive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
