2009-03-16, 09:53(+01), Dave B:
> Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
>
>> 2009-03-10, 15:43(-04), Chet Ramey:
What are the valid charactes for the IFS variable? In particular, is '\0'
a
valid one?
>>> Technically, yes, but in practice it's not useful. There are too many
>>> things
>>> rep
Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> 2009-03-10, 15:43(-04), Chet Ramey:
>>> What are the valid charactes for the IFS variable? In particular, is '\0' a
>>> valid one?
>> Technically, yes, but in practice it's not useful. There are too many things
>> represented as C strings to make NUL work right.
> [..
2009-03-10, 15:43(-04), Chet Ramey:
>> What are the valid charactes for the IFS variable? In particular, is '\0' a
>> valid one?
>
> Technically, yes, but in practice it's not useful. There are too many things
> represented as C strings to make NUL work right.
[...]
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> What are the valid charactes for the IFS variable? In particular, is '\0' a
> valid one?
Technically, yes, but in practice it's not useful. There are too many things
represented as C strings to make NUL work right.
Chet
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