From: Paul Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] [PATCH] semicolon delimiters & quotes Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:29:37 +0100 References: <200608231931.43452.paul_c@domain.hid> <17644.42025.91539.33163@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <17644.42025.91539.33163@domain.hid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608240929.37774.paul_c@domain.hid> List-Id: "Xenomai life and development \(bug reports, patches, discussions\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gilles Chanteperdrix Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org Hi Gilles On Wednesday 23 August 2006 19:53, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: > I never got any error when sticking the semicolon to the last > shell line token. I also read the portable shell rules in autobook and > do not find any mention to such a problem. As for quoting the arguments > of echo, I am pretty sure that it is not needed. You are of course correct on both counts - I got in to the habit of quoting echos (cedit's syntax highlighter would pick up on them) and placing whitespaces either side of semicolons.. If nothing else, it makes the files a little easier to read. Regards, Paul.