Re: exec ./configure ${1+"$@"}

1999-07-08 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 03:48:49PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I've seen this line in the dh_configure file of the mutt package and I'm > asking some questions about this : > > 1 ) Is the exec necessary ? What does it stand for ? It executes the configure script, as opposed to mearly ca

Re: exec ./configure ${1+"$@"}

1999-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner
Sami Dalouche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen this line in the dh_configure file of the mutt package and I'm > asking some questions about this : > > 1 ) Is the exec necessary ? What does it stand for ? it terminates the current shell and executes the command instead. If the command is t

exec ./configure ${1+"$@"}

1999-07-07 Thread Sami Dalouche
I've seen this line in the dh_configure file of the mutt package and I'm asking some questions about this : 1 ) Is the exec necessary ? What does it stand for ? 2 ) What's the ${1+"$@"} the ${} means that it will be replaced by the output of the command inside but what's the 1+"$@"