Re: [Sheflug] WordPerfect install

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Alastair" == Alastair Donlon <adonlon [at] netsoc.ucd.ie> writes:

    Alastair> Depending on your shell. Those of use who use
    Alastair> ksh/bash/sh would write export VARIABLE="" while the
    Alastair> csh/tcsh brigade would go the 'unset' route.

I don't know the context, but there is a difference; it is possible to
determine whether a variable is unset or set to "".  In shell scripts,
of course, an unset variable is treated as set to "".


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