On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 12:32:38PM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > 2 humble suggestions to make my server OS of choice even better. > > I seem to have found a bug in ksh: > Here is a sample that doesn't behave as I'd expect it to. > > # demo="" > # if [ "$demo" == "-n" -o "$demo" == "-e" ]; then > > echo bar > > fi > # demo="-n" > # if [ "$demo" == "-n" -o "$demo" == "-e" ]; then > > echo bar > > fi > ksh: [: -n: unexpected operator/operand > > IMHO, I'd consider it a bug, since the correctness of syntax must > not change with the value of the variable. > AFAIK, this syntax is considered correct generally; if not, please > advise me.
Take a look at the way /etc/rc does stuff like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ttyp1[~]$ if [ x"$demo" == x"-n" -o x"$demo" == x"-e" ]; then > echo bar > fi bar -Dan -- "Burnished gallows set with red Caress the fevered, empty mind Of man who hangs bloodied and blind To reach for wisdom, not for bread." -- Deoridhe Grimsdaughter
