Re: Access right question

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 05:18:36AM -0400, Greg Hudson wrote:
> Uh, backwards. "$@" is how you pass an unmolested argument list.
> (Except with some rather old Bourne shell implementations, where you
> have to use ${1+"$@"} to avoid turning an empty argument list into an
> argument list with one empty word. But nobody worries about that any
> more.)
>
> > % ./foosh one two "three four"
> > one two three four
> > one
> > two
> > three four
>
> You'll note that "$*" smashed the four arguments into one word, while
> "$@" kept them as three words.

Er, yup. That'll teach me to send mail in the small hours.

Oh well. My code didn't lie even if my words did. :)

Thanks for the clue application. :)

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