Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:03:44 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: nbm@mithrandr.moria.org, rizzo@icir.org, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ugliness in rc.* scripts Message-ID: <20020821180344.GB33546@starjuice.net> In-Reply-To: <20020821.095252.61131232.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20020820232538.A53816@iguana.icir.org> <20020821074819.GA58163@mithrandr.moria.org> <20020821.095252.61131232.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On (2002/08/21 09:52), M. Warner Losh wrote:
> Why not just have
>
> case -i ${some_config_variable} in
>
> to do the case folding. This would be a backwards compatible extension:
I don't think the ugliness involved in the rc scripts justifies any of
the proposed hack-arounds yet.
And if you _were_ going to hack around, you'd want to introduce a form
of parameter expansion that did lower-case transliteration for you, e.g.
${parameter:lc}
Much more useful, but non-portable.
But I digress. I don't think the ugliness is ugly enough.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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