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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:03:35 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: ash does not understand '~'
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:37:10PM +0200, J?rg Schaible wrote:
> BTW: It does also not know the "[ ]" syntax for a built-in test, you always have to use "test":
> 
> if test -f /etc/hosts; then
> 	echo "/etc/hosts exist!"
> fi

Beep.  Wrong.  It knows [ ]

Corinna

> and you cannot combine export with an assignment, you have to write separate statements:
> 
> VARIABLE=test
> export VARIABLE

Beep.  Wrong, too.  export var=value is a vaild bourne shell syntax.

Corinna

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