On 23May2007 21:21, David Champion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | * On 2007.05.23, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | * "Cameron Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > printf "%s\n" "$PATH" | tr : '\012' | while read -r dir; do | > Unless that breaks on Solaris, which it may:-( | | I don't think -r is present in a strict Bourne shell's "read". | Solaris's gives "-r: is not an identifier", but I don't expect that it's | limited to Solaris.
I think it's POSIX standard, but not SysV Bourne shell (sorry, no chapter and verse to hand). Solaris ships with the latter as /bin/sh. But as you point out, a single exception may be enough. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ "I think I've just made the biggest mistake of my life." - Villa "That seems unlikely. I would predict that there are far greater mistakes waiting to be made by someone of your obvious talent for them." - Orac
