On 2010-03-19 18:19 +0100, Mike McClain wrote: > I've written a function to print elapsed time similar to /usr/bin/time > but can be called at the beginning and end of a script from within > the script. Occasionally I get an error: '8-08: value too great for base' > It's caused by the difference in these 2 command strings but I can't for > the life of me see what's going on.
Apparently bash is treating the number as octal because it starts with a leading 0. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bpekp5n8....@turtle.gmx.de