Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺23h ago

Writing scripts for the BSDs makes one keenly aware of cross-compatibility. I'll aim for POSIX(ish), then when behaviour deviates (cough GNU), I'll write a basic case statement to handle other platforms.

It... really isn't hard? But most scripts thesedays just assume Linux.

Show threadDeborah Pickett23h ago
@rubenerd No one knows how to write POSIX shell scripts any more.
Show threadMike [SEC=OFFICIAL]
@futzle @rubenerd
#!/usr/bin/systemctl start bash.service
Mar 25 at 11:15pmWeb
Show threadstibbons23h ago
@mike @futzle @rubenerd *vibrates with outrage*
Show threadstibbons23h ago
@mike @futzle @rubenerd Although on the plus side I did just learn about the -S flag for env. Which, uh, is also not POSIX.
Show threadMalcolm Herbert23h ago
@mike @futzle @rubenerd ... wow, just ... wow ...
Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦22h ago
@mike @futzle @rubenerd there are faster and less painful ways to commit suicide, sir.