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@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented
in C ;-)
+ - Some versions of shell do not understand "export variable=value",
+ so we write "variable=value" and then "export variable" on two
+ separate lines.
+
- Use octal escape sequences (e.g. "\302\242"), not hexadecimal (e.g.
"\xc2\xa2") in printf format strings, since hexadecimal escape
sequences are not portable.