[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #81: scripts: "echo -n" not portable

[GRASS GIS]

#81: scripts: "echo -n" not portable
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  Reporter:  hamish   |       Owner:  hamish   
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  assigned 
  Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  6.3.0    
 Component:  default  |     Version:  svn-trunk
Resolution:           |    Keywords:           
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Comment (by hamish):

 d.vect.thematic and i.in.spotvgt are updated in SVN/trunk, if someone who
 uses those could test please? then we can backport for 6.3.0.

 I am not sure about r.tileset:
 {{{
 Index: r.tileset/r.tileset
 ===================================================================
 --- r.tileset/r.tileset (revision 30465)
 +++ r.tileset/r.tileset (working copy)
 @@ -189,15 +189,11 @@
  Lookup_Mac() {

  # Assignment Command Statement Builder
 +# $1 is Source name
 +# $3 is Destination name

 -    echo -n 'eval '
 -    echo -n "$3"                    # Destination name
 -    echo -n '=${'
 -    echo -n "$1"                    # Source name
 -    echo -n "[$2]}"
 +    echo "eval $3=${$1[$2]}"

 -# That could all be a single command.
 -# Matter of style only.
  }

  # Lookup_Mac
 }}}


 ?will that work?

 newline suppression via printf shouldn't be needed....


 Hamish

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