Re: /bin/sh portability question

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 12:48:39PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

Peter Eriksen wrote:

quoted

     path=$(dirname $0)
...
     ./git.sh: syntax error at line 4: `path=$' unexpected

I think $(foo) is required by POSIX.

	I believe that Solaris and others (AIX IIRC) have /bin/sh linked
to /bin/ksh, and it behaves as the POSIX shell when run as /bin/ksh, but
behaves as a much more true-to-bourne shell when run as /bin/sh.

Joel

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