On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:25:00PM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
>> I am working on an extension to git, and need to store a list of shell
>> files that can be used to extend the capabilities of the command I am
>> writing. Most of the time, a v
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:25:00PM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
> I am working on an extension to git, and need to store a list of shell
> files that can be used to extend the capabilities of the command I am
> writing. Most of the time, a variable of the form:
>
> GIT_EXTRA_CONDITION_LIBS="libA.sh l
Chris, Andrej and Greg,
Thanks for your helpful replies.
You are quite correct on pointing out that the solution does depend on
how it is to be used
To provide more context:
I am working on an extension to git, and need to store a list of shell
files that can be used to extend the capabilities
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 04:07:23AM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Jon Seymour wrote:
>
> >This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only
> >solution if possible
> >Suppose I need to encode a list of filenames in a variable
POSIX shells won't have arrays
On 2010-08-29 17:12 +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
> This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only
> solution if possible [ suggestions as to a good question to ask
> POSIX-only questions would be appreciated ].
comp.unix.shell
> Suppose I need to encode a list of filenames in a va
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Jon Seymour wrote:
This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only
solution if possible [ suggestions as to a good question to ask
POSIX-only questions would be appreciated ].
The comp.unix.shell newsgroup is a good place.
Suppose I need to encode a li
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On 8/29/10, Jon Seymour wrote:
> This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only
> solution if possible [ suggestions as to a good _forum_ to ask
> POSIX-only questions would be appreciated ].
>
> Suppose I need to encode a list of filenames in a variable an
This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only
solution if possible [ suggestions as to a good question to ask
POSIX-only questions would be appreciated ].
Suppose I need to encode a list of filenames in a variable and each
filename may contain spaces, what is good way to encode
