** On Jun 24, Mark Phillips scribbled: > Peter Kovacs [kovacsp@knowpost.com] wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Peter Kovacs wrote: > > > > > I'm sure that a fix has already been posted, but this works for me > > > (replace the code above with this): > > > > > > for d in /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/wrapper.d ; do > > > cd $d; > > > for f in `find -maxdepth 1 -type f`; do > > > . $d/$f > > > done > > > done > > > > Wow. I just realized how incredibly incorrect the code is. Well, it > > works for me. YMMV though. I'd wait for an official fix, or fix it > > yourself if the above doesn't work. > > What does "YMMV" stand for? Your Mileage May Vary > for f in $(cd.... > > It seems to work sort of, but I don't understand why! The $(...) construct is a replacement for the old `...` construct which means "execute the comands between the single quotes (or the $(...) sequence) and replace the expression with the output of the command sequence. The command sequence is executed by a subshell, that is no side effects occur to the current shell (pwd, environment etc.) > And what is the ". $d/$f" supposed to do?? Read my previous posting. marek
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