From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NN2jz-0001Ud-Mu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:17:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E424AE099D; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB55E099D for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:43 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,436,1257120000"; d="scan'208";a="159051682" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2009 11:16:38 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E80EA1203A for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:35 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4B303B5D.2060400@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Writing a bash script or thinking about it anyway. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:36 +0000 References: <4B303B5D.2060400@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: aa81254f-9fab-453e-ad24-109fb3043541 X-Archives-Hash: eee2153f2631f3fdefd08827110c0019 On 22 Dec 2009, at 03:22, Dale wrote: > ... I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and muddy up > the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with the > bash Gentoo uses? Links to a even better guide would be good too. > The guide I found is here: > > http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ The Advanced Scripting Guide is brilliant. It's my gospel when Bash scripting, although I'll admit I haven't looked harder for anything else. If there is any better guide out there, I would love to hear about it. The examples given are just that - examples. I'm sure they're intended for you to make changes in order to suit yourself, although you may well find that some of them suit you just fine as is. Stroller.