Isn't the bash syntax "$...@}" equivalent to just "$@" and older versions of sh may not understand the former version. If so, you might have similar problems with "${1}" instead of "$1"
Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of > bill.gless...@cwu.edu > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 1:20 PM > To: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [Rd] Question on trying to build R 2.11.1 on > Tru64(aka OSF1)system > > > Here is the Rcmd from the ./bin subdirectory of the build tree > /usrX/JunqueYard/R-2.11.1: > > #!/bin/ksh > # > # ${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd > > ## Shell script wrapper for all R CMD commands. > ## For internal use only. > > R_CMD="${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" > export R_CMD > > R_VERSION=2.11.1 > export R_VERSION > > R_OSTYPE="unix" > export R_OSTYPE > > ## Add 'share/perl' to the perl library path. > if test -n "${PERL5LIB}"; then > PERL5LIB="${R_SHARE_DIR}/perl:${PERL5LIB}" > export PERL5LIB > else > PERLLIB="${R_SHARE_DIR}/perl:${PERLLIB}" > export PERLLIB > fi > > ## Append 'share/texmf' to TeX's input search path. > if test -z "$TEXINPUTS}"; then > TEXINPUTS=".:${R_SHARE_DIR}/texmf:" > else > TEXINPUTS=".:${TEXINPUTS}:${R_SHARE_DIR}/texmf:" > fi > export TEXINPUTS > > . "${R_HOME}/etc${R_ARCH}/Renviron" > export `sed 's/^ *#.*//; s/^\(.*\)=.*/\1/' > "${R_HOME}/etc${R_ARCH}/Renviron"` > > extra= > case "${1}" in > perl) > cmd="${PERL}" ;; > awk) > cmd="${AWK}" ;; > ## this was a separate command prior to 2.10.0 > Rd2txt) > cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/Rdconv" > extra="-t txt" > ;; > Rd2pdf) > cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/Rd2dvi" > extra="--pdf" > ;; > *) > if test -x "${R_HOME}/bin/${1}"; then > cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/${1}" > else > cmd="${1}" > fi > ;; > esac > shift > > exec "${cmd}" ${extra} "$...@}" > > ### Local Variables: *** > ### mode: sh *** > ### sh-indentation: 2 *** > ### End: *** > > Bill > > >Return-path: <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > >Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:41:05 +0100 (BST) > >From: Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > >Subject: Re: [Rd] Question on trying to build R 2.11.1 on > Tru64(aka OSF1) system > >To: bill.gless...@cwu.edu > >Cc: r-devel@r-project.org > > > >On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, bill.gless...@cwu.edu wrote: > > > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am trying to build the R-2.11.1 software for university > faculty to use in > >> research projects on a DEC/Compaq/HP AlphaServer model > GS160 16CPU/64GB memory > >> running Tru64Unix aka OSF1 version 5.1B-5. > >> Is it known whether it is possible to build the R-2.11.1 > software on the > >> platform I am using? > > > >It is not known: it is years since we have a report on that system. > > > >You seem to have a problem with Rcmd, that is R_HOME/bin/Rcmd. > >Perhaps you could send it to us to have a look at? > > > >> ...snip... > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >> > > > >-- > >Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > >Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > >University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > >1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > >Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel