Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 12:50:22 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: empty lists in for Message-ID: <38C1770E.1DD2EB4E@gorean.org> References: <57223.952177003@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:10:15 +0600, Max Khon wrote: > > > bash and ksh complain about unexpected ';'. > > /bin/sh (FreeBSD) thinks it's ok and does nothing. > > Which behaviour is more POSIXly correct? > > Neither bash nor ksh claim to be particularly POSIX compliant. I can't speak knowledgeably about ksh, but bash has POSIX compliance as one of it's main goals. Check out http://freebsd.simplenet.com/Bash-FAQ.txt and search for the word POSIX. It even has a "posix mode" that makes it more strict than it already is. > our /bin/sh does. We do a pretty good job here of course. People like Martin Cracauer (and a host of others) have worked very hard to keep our /bin/sh in line with the standards. > I seem to remember POSIX being ambiguous on this one, but > my books are at the office. If you haven't gotten a more conclusive > answer by Monday, mail me and I'll look it up. Unfortunately I missed the original. What was the questioner trying to do? Doug -- "Welcome to the desert of the real." - Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, "The Matrix" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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