On Oct 27, 2007, at 15:27, Martin Costabel wrote: > I thought Apple had promised not to break "echo -n" in Leopard? > They did it anyway. Not in /bin/echo, but in /usr/bin/make and in / > bin/sh. > ... > The same behavior can be seen in /bin/sh scripts where the built-in > echo > is used. Try `sh -c "echo -n asdf"`.
When you start the shell as 'sh' instead of 'bash', it uses POSIX compliance mode. Try `bash -c "echo -n asdf"`. Shell scripts may need to change their #! line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
