> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:21:16 +0100 > From: Heiko Baums <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <20110314042116.371e53d9@darkstar> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Am Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:08:06 -0400 > schrieb Dave Reisner <[email protected]>: > >> I don't see how that absolves you from word splitting during >> expansion. Rather, it enforces the point I made about $varfoo versus >> ${var}foo. Since / is not a valid character in a variable name, the >> var name ends before it. How about you do a simple test? >> >> $ var="foo bar" >> $ touch ${var} >> >> How many files were created? Remember this is bash, not ZSH. > > I thought I have tested this already in a PKGBUILD. Maybe I had false > memories. > > Nevertheless I'd suggest removing the quotation marks. If this is not > the reason he can add them again. > > Heiko > >
-1 from me. Please do not stick to the tldp tutorial, it is in many places plain wrong. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/words regards mar77i
