Alec Warner wrote: > > The correct way to mess with each is to save the old value (IFS) or > restore the previous setting (shopts). > > local OLDIFS="$IFS" > ...do stuff > IFS="$OLDIFS" > > set -s extglob > ...do stuff > set -u extglob > > If you change a bunch of shell options or have no idea what you changed; > you can also do fun magic like: > > local SHOPTS=$(shopt -p) > ..do stuff > eval "$SHOPTS" > > which should restore the previous options. > Note, the examples above could be improved by prefixing your variables (you don't want global collisions, trust me)
So fex KDE_SHOPTS or KDE_OLD_IFS instead of just OLD_IFS. > Thanks, > -Alec Warner -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
