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authorWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2006-02-04 19:44:19 +0000
committerWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2006-02-04 19:44:19 +0000
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In the compatibility comments: mention why we don't use grep -q.
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# they're explicitly given on the command line.
# Also, we can't count on 'cp -a' or 'mkdir -p', although they're
-# pretty handy.
+# pretty handy (see function makepath for the latter).
# I think some of the GNU documentation suggests that we shouldn't
# rely on shell functions. However, the Bash manual seems to say that
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
# You cannot do "export VAR=VALUE" all on one line; the export must be
# separate from the assignment. (SCO SysV)
+# Don't rely on grep -q, as that doesn't work everywhere -- just redirect
+# stdout to /dev/null to keep it quiet.
# STILL TO DO: