Re: help, help scripting masters

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 08:17:51 AKST

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 captgoodnight@acsalaska.net wrote:
>
> GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release-(i586-mandrake-linux-gnu)

And now for another bit of strangeness, using your version of Bash on FreeBSD:

  acorliss@ratbert:~/test$ /usr/local/bin/bash --version
  GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd4.9)
  Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  acorliss@ratbert:~/test$ mkdir "foo bar" foo
  acorliss@ratbert:~/test$ touch "foo bar"/got-it foo/no-go
  acorliss@ratbert:~/test$ ./test.sh -f foo\ bar
  got-it
  acorliss@ratbert:~/test$

Your exact script works fine.

:-P I officially admit defeat. I don't have a single Bourne/POSIX shell at my
disposal that works like yours does, but, then, I'm no longer sure that your
behaviour isn't the right behaviour after all. It's not what I've always
expected, but I can't find explicit documentation that it's right, either.

I'm going to shut up now and stay within the safe, comfortable confines of my
own shell. <sigh>

        --Arthur Corliss
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