On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:25:43PM +0200, Yaacov Akiba Slama wrote: > Stephan Michels wrote: > >On 1/5/06, Yaacov Akiba Slama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>+ OFS="$IFS" > >>+ IFS=":" > >> > > > >What's the function fo OFS and IFS ? > > > In order to deal with spaces in the filenames, we need to change the > separator to be ':' (which cannot be in a filename).
OFS is for storing the old value of IFS and restoring it later. The meaning of IFS is well explained in 'man bash'. Cheers, Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
