X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:27:53 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Bash - IF Statement Message-ID: <20091028172753.GA14744@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <26084169 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <26084235 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <26085599 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <4AE76A96 DOT 4050708 AT cygwin DOT com> <26085849 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:46:40PM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: >You're still sending TOFU. Please stop. > >On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM, briglass111 wrote: >>It didn't matter if I believed what I read on the internet or not, I >>couldn't get the IF-statement to work, and when I queried a unix user, >>he wasn't sure > >Sounds like you need to associate with a better class of UNIX users. >:) > >The point is, bash scripting syntax is not a Cygwin-specific issue, and >it would in fact be very hard for Cygwin to screw that up. It's always >a good idea to try something on Linux first and see if it really >behaves any differently there before complaining that it's broken on >Cygwin. And if you make an "honest mistake" by sending a non-cygwin complaint here it's really better to be gracious about it rather than getting personal and defensive. Unless, of course, you want to be seen as someone not worth the bother of helping. cgf -- 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