X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:58:49 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1123189864.20110805195849@mtu-net.ru> To: "Sebastien Vauban" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Portable shell code between Cygwin and Linux In-Reply-To: <80ei15lj87.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <80hb65b3ue.fsf@somewhere.org> <20110729201651.GB13084@calimero.vinschen.de> <1686210011.20110730161401@mtu-net.ru> <80ei15lj87.fsf@somewhere.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Greetings, Sebastien Vauban! >> Must be >> >> alias vpnup='exec sudo openvpn --config $HOME/config/client.vpn --writepid /tmp/openvpn.pid &' >> >> that's where his problem began, IMO. > That's interesting. I thought this was completely equivalent (~ or $HOME), and > preferred the shorter version. For bash, that's true. But for POSIX shell, or any other random shell - I doubt that much. Anyway, if you want to write portable script, use POSIX shell syntax. Yes, you'd lack some shortcuts, but the end result will be that your script is more likely to work on random system, than not. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 05.08.2011, <19:56> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple