Scott Gray wrote: > On 17/03/2010, at 11:53 AM, Adam Heath wrote: > >> lekt...@apache.org wrote: >>> Author: lektran >>> Date: Wed Mar 17 17:28:01 2010 >>> New Revision: 924378 >>> >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=924378&view=rev >>> Log: >>> Tabs to spaces >>> Modified: ofbiz/trunk/ant >>> URL: >>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/ant?rev=924378&r1=924377&r2=924378&view=diff >>> ============================================================================== >>> --- ofbiz/trunk/ant (original) >>> +++ ofbiz/trunk/ant Wed Mar 17 17:28:01 2010 >>> @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ else >>> fi >>> >>> find_jar() { >>> - top="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; echo "$PWD")" >>> - set -- "$top"/framework/base/lib/ant-launcher-*.jar >>> - if [ $# = 1 ] && [ -e "$1" ]; then >>> - echo "$1" >>> - else >>> - echo "Couldn't find ant-launcher.jar" 1>&2 >>> - exit 1 >>> - fi >>> + top="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; echo "$PWD")" >>> + set -- "$top"/framework/base/lib/ant-launcher-*.jar >>> + if [ $# = 1 ] && [ -e "$1" ]; then >>> + echo "$1" >>> + else >>> + echo "Couldn't find ant-launcher.jar" 1>&2 >>> + exit 1 >>> + fi >>> } >>> "$JAVA" -jar "$(find_jar)" "$@" >> I disagree. shell scripts need to be tab-based. > > Why?
What there a discussion as to how shell scripts should be formatted? I've used tabs for years, tons of scripts I have worked in have used tabs. Is there a well known standard for formatting in shell scripts? Changing it to match how it is done in other files is not reason enough.