In C and Perl programs, a single equals sign is for assignment, but in
this case it is being used correctly for comparison. "man test".
Ariel Millennium Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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08/22/2004 04:25 PM
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Subject: Re: startx hangs on WinXP, xinit doesn't
Hello, pv.
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:29:04 -0700 (PDT) p v wrote:
[snip]
> if [ x"$XAUTHORITY" = x ]; then
> XAUTHORITY="$HOME/.Xauthority"
> export XAUTHORITY
> fi
For a _test_ of equality, there should be two equal signs, not one. One
equal sign is an assignment, not a test. What that "if" is testing is
whether the assignment succeeds or not, not whether there really is an
XAUTHORITY or not, and odds are that's what's wrong.
