dirinst comparing "X$action" with "Xdirinst" instead of $action with "dirinst"

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Monday 02 October 2006 11:25, you wrote:
>     > if [ X$action = Xdirinst ]; then
>
> This is normal shell coding practice. It helps if $action is not defined
> at all. Then the test without quotes "" around an undefined variable
> will give a syntax error.

Ah :)

But isn't 

if [ "$action" = "dirinst" ]; then


the same and easier to read?


regards,
	Holger
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