On line 408, fw_update has the expression ${LOCALSRC:#file:}. The parameter
substitution ${name:#word} is not documented in the manual page for ksh yet
its behavior seems to be equivalent to ${LOCALSRC#file:}. Assuming this is
a typo, a patch is provided to remove the colon. If it is not a typo, could
someone explain what this syntax does?
Is this was a typo however, and this parameter substitution is not
officially supported, why did ksh not complain?
Rob
diff --git usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.sh usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.sh
index 4b77d4c7bd7..dbc80257228 100644
--- usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.sh
+++ usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.sh
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ if [ "$LOCALSRC" ]; then
FWURL="${LOCALSRC}"
LOCALSRC=
else
- LOCALSRC="${LOCALSRC:#file:}"
+ LOCALSRC="${LOCALSRC#file:}"
! [ -d "$LOCALSRC" ] &&
echo "The path must be a URL or an existing directory"
>&2 &&
exit 1
