>>>>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:47:47 +0100, Marc Schiffbauer said: > Mail-Followup-To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > * Martin Simmons schrieb am 04.03.10 um 11:40 Uhr: > > >>>>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:41:36 +0100, Marc Schiffbauer said: > > > > > > Why not use > > > > > > if [ "$var" = "" ]; then > > > > > > if -z may not be available? > > > > Because $var might be set to something like ! which would cause a syntax > > error. > > Thx Martin, I did not know this. Is it only "!" because of some job > control stuff or everything that is not [:alnum:]?
No, it is because "!" is special syntax in the "[" command (aka "test"). __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
