On 26May2007 12:49, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On 2007-05-25 12:06:26 -0400, Derek Martin wrote: | > I'm not aware of any Unix-derivative systems where /bin/sh is | > not a Bourne-shell derivative (Bourne Shell, Korn Shell, POSIX shell, | > or Bash). All of those shells use ':' as the path separator for | > $PATH. Can you suggest an example? | | It seems that bash can accept/use ';' under some conditions. The | autoconf manual (info) says: | | `PATH_SEPARATOR' | If it is not set, `configure' will detect the appropriate path | separator for the build system and set the `PATH_SEPARATOR' output | variable accordingly. | | On DJGPP systems, the `PATH_SEPARATOR' environment variable can be | set to either `:' or `;' to control the path separator `bash' uses | to set up certain environment variables (such as `PATH'). Since | this only works inside `bash', you want `configure' to detect the | regular DOS path separator (`;'), so it can be safely substituted | in files that may not support `;' as path separator. So it is | recommended to either unset this variable or set it to `;'.
Of course, such a system isn't a UNIX system... -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I think you're confusing "recognizing" and "understanding" with "caring". The net is cruel, sometimes, but always fair. - Rick Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
