On Tue, 01 Jun 2010, Aiza wrote: > Chris Hill wrote: > >The open-square-bracket, [, is another name for test. IIRC the > >equal sign is not valid in that context.
Using '=' within test(1) brackets should be fine. > >Can you post the 'before' and 'after' versions of that part of > >your script? It would help us in determining what the problem is. > > That hint got me to the correct line > > I had if [$1 = "basejail" ]; then As noted by Chris and the sh(1) man page, '[' is a built-in equivalent of test(1). The correct syntax for an expression inside those brackets requires *spacing*, i.e. [ expression ], and not [expression ], as in your example. -- Sahil Tandon <sa...@freebsd.org> _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
