Re: Medieval Shells

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>> # purge - really remove a file!
>>>
>>> for i
>>> do [ -f $i ] && > $i
>>> done
>>> exec rm ${1+"$@"}
>>     #!/bin/sh
>>     tee ${1+"$@"} < /dev/null
>>     exec rm ${1+"$@"}
> 
> Why-oh-why are vile constructs like ${1+"$@"} still being used?  This
> isn't 1985 any more.  In any modern shell that you're likely to come
> across[1], plain "$@" will work just fine.
> 
> -Dom, hating the "must work in 7th Edition" line of shell scripters.

You hate them until your code needs to work in medieval environments.

> [1] Don't get started on all that tcsh shite again...
> 

• Medieval Shells dom (Dominic Mitchell) 11:55 on 19 Dec 2006
  • Re: Medieval Shells Jarkko Hietaniemi 13:19 on 19 Dec 2006
    • Earle Martin 13:27 on 19 Dec 2006
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 15:11 on 19 Dec 2006
• Re: Delete a file THAT big? Surely you are joking. Peter da Silva 12:56 on 19 Dec 2006
  • A. Pagaltzis 13:47 on 19 Dec 2006

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