[PATCH] build system: use find \! insetad of -not, which is not POSIX

Xabier Oneca -- xOneca xoneca at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 20:52:39 UTC 2013


Indeed, it's a feature I have personally never used, but it annoys me
every time I want to use an exclamation mark in the shell... :S

Cheers,
Xabier Oneca_,,_

2013/11/26 Daniel Borca <dborca at yahoo.com>:
> Hi Xabier,
>
> You're right. It is not needed.
>
> Lesson learned, thanks\! (oops)
>
> -dborca
>
> On 26.11.2013, at 22:31, Xabier Oneca  --  xOneca <xoneca at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Daniel,
>>
>>> Use "find \!" instead of "find -not" in build scripts.
>>
>> Is the escape needed for exclamation character when in a script? It's
>> fine, but you can save the backslash.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Xabier Oneca_,,_


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