Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To this end we really need a short document which details the differences, > the "right" way to do things and the definite "No-No"s. Maybe this should > go into the packaging manual, but initially it is probably better to have it > seperate as it would change quite a bit at the start. > > I'd be happy to write such a document, but I need help as I only really know > two things: > cp fred.{txt,html} dest -> cp fred.txt fred.html dest > function f() {echo Hi;} -> f() {echo Hi;} >
Also, never use &> or >& as a shortcut to redirect both stderr and stdout. It's an evil syntax borrowed from csh and it's why dpkg-ftp currently spews lots of extra output but otherwise works perfectly. And don't use nonstandard flags on builtins including `read -r', or any flag on `type'. greg -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .