Changeset 464 for locker/bin

Timestamp:

Oct 13, 2007, 10:55:00 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

andersk

Message:

As it turns out, bash sucks too.

File:

• locker/bin/scripts-ssh (modified) (1 diff)

locker/bin/scripts-ssh

@@ -11 +11 @@
         -o GlobalKnownHostsFile=/afs/athena.mit.edu/contrib/scripts/ssh/known_hosts \
         -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
-        scripts.mit.edu -l "$lname" "$(printf "%q " "$@")"
+        scripts.mit.edu -l "$lname" "$(printf "''%q " "$@")"
+
+# ssh gets quoting wrong, so we do it ourself with printf "%q ".
+# Except bash 2 gets printf "%q " wrong for empty arguments, so we use
+# printf "''%q " instead.
+# Isn't software fun?