From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /bin/sh portability question
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:57:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050923195706.GV27375@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43345C17.7060402@zytor.com>
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 12:48:39PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Peter Eriksen wrote:
> > path=$(dirname $0)
> > ...
> > ./git.sh: syntax error at line 4: `path=$' unexpected
>
> I think $(foo) is required by POSIX.
I believe that Solaris and others (AIX IIRC) have /bin/sh linked
to /bin/ksh, and it behaves as the POSIX shell when run as /bin/ksh, but
behaves as a much more true-to-bourne shell when run as /bin/sh.
Joel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-23 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-23 7:50 /bin/sh portability question Peter Eriksen
2005-09-23 8:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-09-23 9:02 ` Sean
2005-09-23 9:02 ` Sean
2005-09-23 9:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-09-23 10:34 ` Sean
2005-09-23 10:34 ` Sean
2005-09-25 19:26 ` Nico -telmich- Schottelius
2005-09-25 19:36 ` Sean
2005-09-25 19:36 ` Sean
2005-09-23 9:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-09-23 12:17 ` Peter Eriksen
2005-09-24 1:13 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <20050924195029.GA20514@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk>
2005-09-24 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-09-24 17:35 ` Patrick Mauritz
2005-09-23 19:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-09-23 19:55 ` Morten Welinder
2005-09-23 19:57 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2005-09-23 20:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
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