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Andrew Louie wrote:
> On 4/2/07, Kevin Markle  wrote:
>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) expressed precisely :
>> > Kevin Markle wrote:
> 
>> What does this mean please and or would you send me your copy that
>> works fine?
>> "$LOG" == > "".  In these cases, the "hang" is 'cat' waiting for input
>> from the command
>> > line.
> 
> I think he means that in the line:
> 
>> UPDATES_NEEDED=`cat $LOG | grep "updates detected" | tail -1`
> 
> cat $LOG... will hang if $LOG == "" because "cat" is waiting for input.
> 

Precisely.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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