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To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Subject: Re: REQ: Test /etc/rc clean-up
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Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <21889.935137150@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sheldon Hearn writes:
> : -if [ X$start_vinum = XYES ]; then
> : +if [ X"${start_vinum}" = X"YES" ]; then
> 
> I never understood why you check against X"YES"?  XYES always seemed
> much better than X"YES" since the latter is somewhat obscure.  Both
> are identical...

	The prevailing shell scripting CW is that putting the X outside the quotes
makes it more clear to a casual observer that the X is not part of the
value you are testing. Personally I agree with you, I've always thought
that "X$VAR" looks cleaner. 

Doug (assuming I'm understanding your point here...)


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