Medieval Shells

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On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:43:57AM +0100, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-12-18 22:15]:
> > Wouldn't this solve the original problem?
> 
> Not only would it solve it, it actually works better: you don't
> need to terminate any process in order to recover the disk space
> occupied by files it has opened.
> 
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > # 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.

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

• A. Pagaltzis 01:43 on 19 Dec 2006
  • Yossi Kreinin 07:53 on 19 Dec 2006
    • Tony Finch 11:30 on 19 Dec 2006
    • jrodman 22:22 on 19 Dec 2006
      • too deep to show
  • Medieval Shells dom (Dominic Mitchell) 11:55 on 19 Dec 2006
    • Re: Medieval Shells Jarkko Hietaniemi 13:19 on 19 Dec 2006
      • too deep to show
    • 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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