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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:58:49 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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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.


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 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 05.08.2011, <19:56>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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