Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?)

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ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com>
Date
30 Nov 1998 23:30:08
Subject
Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?)
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Pine.BSF.3.96.981201022802.4238M-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com

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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Dan Busarow wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > I was thinking of implementing something like the scheme at
> > http://www.freebsd.org/~eivind/newrc.tar.gz (which is just me speaking
> > in code instead of attempting to convey everything in words), and then
>
> Quick question, where does $( in
>
> for _rcscript in $(
>
> get set? I don't recognize that as a shell builtin.


$(command) == `command`

$() is the POSIX way and a lot less prone for confusion with the
single quote.

I'll note that this is the same big for-loop that I suggested
would scare a newbie into running to their mother in another message.

Adrian
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