Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/4v2] test-lib: provide lazy TIME_COMMAND prereq

Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] writes:

Some test want to use the time command (not the shell builtin) and test
for its availability at /usr/bin/time.

An alternative way to suppress the builtin meaning is to quote it, like
\time.

Andreas.

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Hi Andreas.  I hope you don't mind my nitpickiness, but ...

On 10/16/2012 06:28 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:

Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Some test want to use the time command (not the shell builtin) and test
for its availability at /usr/bin/time.

An alternative way to suppress the builtin meaning is to quote it, like
\time.

... to be 100% precise, this quoting trick works because 'time' is a
shell keyword, rather than a builtin:

    $ type time
    time is a shell keyword

Regards,
  Stefano