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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla undo file
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Miles Bader |
Subject: |
[Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla undo file |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:36:34 +0900 |
Dustin Sallings <address@hidden> writes:
> The latter works in any shell whereas the former only works in bash
> (and probably some similar modern bourne relatives). Certainly not in
> tcsh or sh on my Solaris box:
I believe that $(...) is required for a POSIX-compatible shell[*].
[and like many such constructs originated in ksh (Korn Shell), not bash.]
However it is true that /bin/sh on crufty old systems may not support it
(and in my experience Solaris systems are a common offender).
[*] This seems to be a description:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html
-Miles
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