nested ifs' in csh dont work?
Guy Harris
auspex!guy at uunet.uu.net
Sun Jun 3 04:17:38 AEST 1990
>Due to the way that CSH parses if's, you must separate everything with
>spaces.
If you are ever tempted to write scripts in the C shell, note the
following comment at the end of the SunOS (and now System V Release 4)
"csh" man page, which applies to almost everybody's (if not everybody's)
"csh":
Although robust enough for general use, adventures into the
esoteric periphery of the C shell may reveal unexpected
quirks.
Apparently, the periphery may be closer than you might think....
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