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Re: ${} and $()
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: ${} and $() |
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:09:28 -0600 |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the
> latter as much POSIX as the first?
Is there any reason not to use $(var) and simply play it safe since
that is the traditional Unix make behavior? Then all worries about
whether the builder's make will handle ${var} the same as $(var) are
removed. If it were me I would play it safe.
Bob