W Gerald Hicks wrote:
>
> > > bash and ksh complain about unexpected ';'.
> > > /bin/sh (FreeBSD) thinks it's ok and does nothing.
> > > Which behaviour is more POSIXly correct?
>
> >
> > Neither bash nor ksh claim to be particularly POSIX compliant. our
> > /bin/sh does. I seem to remember POSIX being ambiguous on this one, but
> > my books are at the office. If you haven't gotten a more conclusive
> > answer by Monday, mail me and I'll look it up.
>
> I much prefer the current behavior and believe there may be many things
> which depend on it.
Given that Bash in both standard and POSIX mode complains about 'for i
in ; do echo $i; done', I would say that it's not POSIX compatible. What
could/does depend on this behavior "working?"
Doug
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