"Michael K. Sanders" writes:
> 
> I'm curious how the following syntax came about:
> 
>   if [ "$option" != NO ]; then
> 	...
> 
> Might it not be more clear if it were:
> 
>   if [ "$option" = YES]; then

No, it would not be better, because $option won't be set to "YES", it
will be set to a set of flags to use on invokation.

Perry