Need to use case before patch application.
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Oliver Elphick writes:
>
> > The attached patch improves the command parameter checking of pg_ctl.
> >
> > At present, there is nothing to check that the parameter given with a
> > parameter-taking option is actually valid. For example, -l can be given
> > without a following logfile name; on a strict POSIX shell such as ash,
> > you will get a subsequent failure because of too many shifts, but bash
> > will let it pass without showing any error. The patch checks that each
> > parameter is not empty and is not another option.
>
> Isn't this problem present in all of our scripts?
>
> Btw., you shouldn't use "cut" in portable scripts. You could probably use
> "case" to do the matching you want.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
>
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