Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-23 Thread Thierry Vignaud
David Walser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: thanks, fixed (sh needs passing -e to echo unlike full bash) ? [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ sh [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ echo \n \n [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ echo -e \n [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ exit [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ bash

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-23 Thread David Walser
--- Thierry Vignaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tv@vador ~ $ /bin/sh -c echo -e 'A\nB' A B tv@vador ~ $ /bin/sh -c echo 'A\nB' A\nB [walser@mario walser]$ sh -c echo 'A\nB' A\nB [walser@mario walser]$ sh -c echo -e 'A\nB' A B [walser@mario walser]$ bash -c echo 'A\nB' A\nB [walser@mario

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-23 Thread Thierry Vignaud
David Walser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still not seeing a difference between sh and bash. well, i'm right in theory whereas you're right in practive : sysv sh does expand backslash-escaped characters by default (aka without -e) which simplified bash (aka /bin/sh) should have follow. but

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-23 Thread David Walser
--- Thierry Vignaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Walser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still not seeing a difference between sh and bash. well, i'm right in theory whereas you're right in practive : sysv sh does expand backslash-escaped characters by default (aka without -e) which

[Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-20 Thread John Allen
The file contains #\!/bin/sh\nexec /usr/bin/mcc And is also now executable

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-20 Thread Thierry Vignaud
John Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The file contains #\!/bin/sh\nexec /usr/bin/mcc And is also now executable thanks, fixed (sh needs passing -e to echo unlike full bash)

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-20 Thread John Allen
On Friday 20 September 2002 14:12, Thierry Vignaud wrote: John Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The file contains #\!/bin/sh\nexec /usr/bin/mcc And is also now executable That should ne NOT EXECUTABLE thanks, fixed (sh needs passing -e to echo unlike full bash)

Re: [Cooker] /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf screwed with todays sync

2002-09-20 Thread David Walser
--- Thierry Vignaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The file contains #\!/bin/sh\nexec /usr/bin/mcc And is also now executable thanks, fixed (sh needs passing -e to echo unlike full bash) ? [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$ sh [djw9202@mccarthy djw9202]$