Matthew Schalit wrote:
> Yes I see it now that you quoted the offending command.
> The syntax is crap :)
>
> Wrong
> ---------
> ifconfig $IFNAME $IPADDR ${MASK:+netmask $MASK} ${ETHER:+hw $ETHER}
>${BROADCAST:+broadcast $BROADCAST} $STATE
>
> Correct
> ----------
> ifconfig $IFNAME $IPADDR ${MASK:+netmask} $MASK ${ETHER:+hw} $ETHER
>${BROADCAST:+broadcast} $BROADCAST $STATE
Should be no difference in these two, except extra spaces in your
version.
${MASK:+netmask $MASK}
...should return...
netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
...if set, and nothing if not set.
${MASK:+netmask} $MASK
...returns the same thing when set.
> I tried this on the Oxygen machine in my own test script and
> it works my way but fails David's way. Set -x didn't show
> any difference in the command that was to be run.
I wonder if it could be a problem in splitting of arguments?
Perhaps....
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