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FW: Re: Problem when using variable assignment, backticks in shell script


cgf wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 05:04:08PM +0200, CARTER Alan wrote:
>>>Hmm...  9 lines of content, 10 of disclaimer...  *sip!* Eew, and the
>>>disclaimer isn't even line-wrapped...
>>
>>>(How come PCYMTNILOAUD is not on the OLOCA yet?  ;-))
>>
>>Ah.  You think I typed that, myself?  I didn't.  It was automatically
>>appended by the local email system.  Many corporate email systems do
>>this kind of thing, because (IMHO) the people that run them are more
>>concerned with posturing within their own value system (which does not
>>map to reality) than they are with doing anything useful.
>
>Whether you typed it yourself or not, those type of disclaimers are
>actually not allowed in mail to mailing lists at this site:
>
>http://sourceware.org/lists.html
>
>The same thing holds true for gcc.gnu.org.
>
>cygwin.com == sourceware.org == gcc.gnu.org
>
>Please find some other way of sending email which does not try to
>enforce some kind of faux-legal obligations on the reader.
>
>cgf
>

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Charli
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