Re: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Robert Raschke <r.raschke@tombobWegDamit.com>]

Myron wrote:
>From within a terminal, I type:
>
> % echo (/dev/sdC0)
> /dev/sdC0
>
> % echo (/dev/sdC*)
> /dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0
>
>
> % test -f /dev/sd*/swap
> test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap
>
>
>
> Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
> operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
> fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.
>

I got this a while back as well, and decided to rewrite that part of my termrc/cpurc:

	disk=''
	for(d in /dev/sd??)
		if(~ $disk '')
			if(test -f $d/swap)
				disk=`{ls /dev/sd*/swap >[2]/dev/null | sed 1q | sed 's!swap$!!'}
	if(! ~ $disk '')
		swap $disk^swap >/dev/null >[2=1]


Robby

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