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Re: ash does not understand '~'
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:19:36PM +0200, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the following shell script does not work at least with ash-20031007-1
> > although I don't see any reason why this should not be a valid syntax. If
> > you use
>
> The reason is, '~' is an extension to the bourne shell syntax, first
> defined in csh or tcsh, AFAIK. ash is a pure bourne shell with next
> to no extensions. Using '~' in a shell script is non-portable.
>
> Corinna
FWIW, the "export VAR=VALUE" syntax is also non-portable, and was
introduced in ksh. In sh, "VAR=VALUE; export VAR" should be used.
Igor
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