Date: 16 Mar 2002 10:40:26 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au>, freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch for review: xargs standards compliance Message-ID: <xzpd6y4voj9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20020316090004.A26394@FreeBSD.ORG> References: <20020315231100.A20942@FreeBSD.ORG> <20020316192629.A5254@descent.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20020316090004.A26394@FreeBSD.ORG>
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"J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > Solaris not recognising that '' and "" are arguments is probably a > difference in getopt implementations? No, Solaris' xargs specifically checks that the argument to -E and -I is not empty. I have the source in front of me. BTW, '' and "" are the exact same thing - an empty string - as the quotes are stripped by the shell before xargs is invoked. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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