Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: ia64 OS: linux Compiler: gcc -I/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-3.1 -L/usr/src/packages/BUILD/bash-3.1/../readline-5.1 Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='ia64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='ia64-suse-linux' -DCONF_VENDOR='suse' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O2 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRECYCLES_PIDS -Wall -pipe -g -fbranch-probabilities uname output: Linux sykes 2.6.16-rc5-git9-2-default #1 SMP Tue Mar 7 14:56:34 UTC 2006 ia64 ia64 ia64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: ia64-suse-linux
Bash Version: 3.1 Patch Level: 11 Release Status: release Description: A backslash inside `...` leads to a parse error when it is the last character in a single quoted string. Repeat-By: $ cat x.sh foo `bar 'a\'` $ sh x.sh x.sh: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `'' x.sh: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash