[Orca-users] orca 0.27 make error on Solaris 9

[Blair Zajac]

Dmitry Berezin wrote:

>Blair,
>
>Would this -
>
>if test ! -z $variable; then
>  do stuff
>fi
>
>work and be better then
>
>  
>
>>if test "`echo $variable`" != ""; then
>>do stuff
>>fi
>>    
>>
>
>Notice no "" around $variable.
>  
>

This little test

a="    "
if test ! -z $a; then
        echo not empty
fi

works fine using /bin/sh on Linux, but with Solaris' /bin/sh, I get this:

test.sh: test: argument expected

so it doesn't work.  I think the echo is the most portable, easy way to 
solve this problem.

Regards,
Blair

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