On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > This syntax "$(command)" is not portable.
It is a POSIX shell construct. Anything that doesn't implement it should not be linked to /bin/sh in the first place. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html section 2.6.3. HOWEVER, $(something) and `something` are not equivalent in POSIX, they have different behavior re. expansion of "something". The code appears to be using $() correctly, though. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140619142259.gc31...@khazad-dum.debian.net
