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Re: ${} and $()
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: ${} and $() |
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:48:24 +0200 |
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Jan Engelhardt <address@hidden> writes:
> is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the
> latter as much POSIX as the first?
Depends on the context. For a shell there is a big difference between
them. When interpreted by make they are identical.
Andreas.
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