> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:21:16 +0100
> From: Heiko Baums <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <20110314042116.371e53d9@darkstar>
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> 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

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