On Mon, 05 May 1997 14:39:39 -0600 
 "Michael K. Sanders" <msanders@aros.net> wrote:

 > 
 > 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
 > 	...

...because $option might also specify the flags for the command to
be run, so "YES" isn't terribly useful :-)

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