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Re: [Groff] groffer 0.3
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Bernd Warken |
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Re: [Groff] groffer 0.3 |
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Sun, 16 Dec 2001 01:05:22 +0100 |
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On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 07:57:53PM +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
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> It used to be /bin/bash, now it's /bin/sh. Is it aiming to be
> portable? If so, modern features like $() instead of `` need
> considering.
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$() is POSIX, `` is deprecated and makes only sense in make files.
Arguments with space characters would be very hard without $() as
the handling of quotes is different in pre_POSIX systems.
I restrict to POSIX and GNU, is there something else necessary?
Bernd Warken