From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 14:47:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use backticks instead of $(command) to maintain /bin/sh compatibility
Message-ID: <427F77F6.1090308@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050507231539.GB2497@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> Hello Coworker,
> 
> 
>>huh? which broken shell does not understand $()?
> 
> 
> /bin/sh under Solaris 9 for example. That is where I hit it initial.
> 

Shoot Sun.

$(...) is in POSIX and has been for oh, what, 15 years now?

	-hpa