cvs commit: src/sys/conf newvers.sh
Stefan Farfeleder
stefanf at FreeBSD.org
Fri Aug 19 08:53:32 GMT 2005
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 01:32:37AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> 1. A "better" way (IMO) to write:
>
> if [ "X${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" != "X" ]; then
>
> is
>
> case "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" in
> '') ;;
> *) BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE} ;;
> esac
>
> The original reason for writing it this way was to avoid the call to
> test(1), because case is a shell builtin. This is a style issue, and not a
> "must have," but I thought I'd mention it.
[ is a shell built-in too.
Stefan
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