[GRASS5] Re: [GRASS-CVS] scott: grass/src/scripts/contrib/s.sv2svfit README,NONE,1.1 s.sv2svfit,NONE,1.1

Glynn Clements glynn.clements at virgin.net
Wed May 5 17:08:46 EDT 2004


Markus Neteler wrote:

> > # what to do in case of user break:
> > function exitprocedure()
> > {
> >  echo "User break!"
> >  #cleanup
> >  exit 1
> > }
> 
> Just a hint: The word "function" should be avoided. It
> causes problems under Cygwin (AFAIK).

ISTR that one of the BSDs also uses "ash" as its /bin/sh, so it will
also cause problems there.

BTW, ash is included in most Linux distributions (although they
invariably use bash for /bin/sh); it's useful for checking whether
you've inadvertently used any bash-isms in a script.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>




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