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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc complaining about syntax error on {
From: "Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:15:21 -0300
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> but apparently rc scans its whole input for errors before executing,  
> so it brings me no closer to a solution. The file is /n/sources/ 
> contrib/pietro/12. What's going on?

your script is unreadable...

anyways, here the error, you havea single quote here:

echo $0: cannot use date's -n option

what's wrong with  while(! ~ $#* 0) and switch() ?

Federico G. Benavento

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