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Re: echo -e


Also now tested with bash; it works there too.

I wrote:
> Tested with pdksh, it works.
>
> 	* csu/Makefile: Use printf for consistent backslash handling.
>
> Index: csu/Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/glibc/libc/csu/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.73
> diff -u -r1.73 Makefile
> --- csu/Makefile	8 Mar 2004 21:28:15 -0000	1.73
> +++ csu/Makefile	17 Aug 2004 22:42:53 -0000
> @@ -216,7 +216,8 @@
>  $(objpfx)version-info.h: $(common-objpfx)config.make $(all-Banner-files)
>  	$(make-target-directory)
>  	(case $(config-os) in \
> -	   linux*) version=`(echo -e "#include <linux/version.h>\nUTS_RELEASE"\
> +	   linux*) version=`(printf \
> +			       "#include <linux/version.h>\nUTS_RELEASE\n"\
>  			     | $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -E -P - -DNOT_IN_libc=1 | \
>  			     sed -e 's/"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' -e d) 2>/dev/null`;\
>  		   if [ -z "$$version" ]; then \
> @@ -231,13 +232,13 @@
>  		   if [ -z "$$os" ]; then \
>  		     os=Linux; \
>  		   fi; \
> -		   echo "\"Compiled on a $$os $$version system" \
> -			"on `date +%Y-%m-%d`.\\n\"" ;; \
> +		   printf "\"Compiled on a %s.\\\\n\"\\n" \
> +		     "$$os $$version system on `date +%Y-%m-%d`" ;; \
>  	   *) ;; \
>  	 esac; \
>  	 files="$(all-Banner-files)";				\
>  	 if test -n "$$files"; then				\
> -	   echo "\"Available extensions:\\n\"";			\
> +	   printf "\"Available extensions:\\\\n\"\\n";		\
>  	   sed -e '/^#/d' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*/	/'		\
>  	       -e 's/^\(.*\)$$/\"\1\\n\"/' $$files;		\
>  	 fi) > $@T
>
>
> paul


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