On Tue, Jul 03, 2007, Martin McCormick wrote: >Paul Chvostek writes: >> This is actually just the difference between sh and bash. You'll see >> the latter error if you type `a = 5` in bash in any OS. It just so >> happens that most Linux distributions don't have a real sh: > > I kind of thought that was the real issue. While >something like this is maybe slightly annoying at times, the >differences in, say, arithmetic handling and loops can sometimes >mean rewriting parts of shell scripts depending on whether it is >going to run in BSD or Linux.
That's a major argument for doing things in python or perl as they are consistent across all platforms. While perl has a well deserved reputation for looking like modem noise, it's certainly no worse than shell scripts. Pure /bin/sh is very limited in its constructs compared to other shells such as ksh, bash, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students who now smoke pot will someday become congressmen and legalize it in order to protect themselves. -- Lenny Bruce _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
