On Fri Dec 20 09:48:29 EST 2013, trebol55...@aol.com wrote:
> Ok, thanks to both. I got confused with this part of rc(1):
>
> `{command}
> rc executes the command and reads its standard output,
> splitting it into a list of arguments, using characters
> in $ifs as separators. If $ifs is not otherwise set,
> its value is ' \t\n'.
that's a good point. it looks like the wrong conventions were applied
to that string. ironically, one would guess, this was to solve a
readability problem. perhaps "... otherwise set, space, newline, tab will
be used as separators" would be more precice even if it doesn't read
as well.
- erik
