Re: bash append

[hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Hans)]

Edwin Mons wrote on 20130114:
> Op 14 jan 2013, om 18:12 heeft casper-enosig@xxxxxxxxxxx het volgende geschreven:
>> Op 14-01-13 17:59, H schreef:
...
>>> [ -f /isernie ] || (
>>>    TODO+=' noot.'
>>> )
...
>> Your problem is that TODO+=' noot.' is executed inside a subshell, as
>> denoted by the parenthesis ( and ) .

Ah yes of course. Thanks for the headsup.

> What's wrong with
> 
> if [ ! -f /isernie ]; then
> 	TODO+=' noot'
> fi
> 
> and avoid the sub-shell problem altogether (test/[ is internal in bash)?

Even better. Thanks.

-- Hans