> I wrote:
>
> > > Move export PGDATA to the proper place.
> >
> > This is completely broken. The old place was right.
>
> Correction: The new place also seems to be okay, but 'export VAR=stuff'
> is not portable, You need to split it into two commands.
Oh, yes you are totally correct. I am forgetting my old shell stuff.
>
> > > Quote some variable substitutions.
> >
> > You don't need to quote the argument to 'case'. Please don't do that, it
> > makes things less readable.
>
> Also, you don't need to quote the right side of
>
> FOO=$BAR
That is interesting. I just tried:
#$ X="1 2"
#$ Y=$X
#$ echo $X
1 2
When do I need quotes around variables then?
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