On 2007-08-19 12:56:51 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > It certainly has its warts. In particular, Bash's "test" (aka "[") > operator has pitfalls. Testing for an empty variable, for example, is > awkward. If you do: > > if [ $foo == "" ] > > Bash will complain about missing arguments.
Yes, bash sucks. See also: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=421591 zsh has fewer problems. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
