Re: [Axiom-developer] Testing build-improvements

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"Page, Bill" <address@hidden> writes:

| Gaby
| 
| On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:30 AM you wrote:
| 
| > !              chunk=$arg
| > ...
| > !              chunk=`echo -n $arg`
| 
| What shell actually requires such an awkward construction?
| Of if you wish why not write:
| 
|               chunk="$arg"
| 
| or even better :-)

the trouble with this is that is does not work -- I spent a
considerable amount of time on this quote micmac. :-( 

| 
|               chunk=`echo -n "$arg"`

this one is one needed.

| 
| But I think "quotes" are only needed on argments to external
| commands like 'test', not on variable assignments or echo.

Well, my shell (Zsh) is unhappy with the form chunk="$arg", when cunk
is used later with -R.

-- Gaby