At 1:29 AM +0900 9/15/00, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >Perhaps
> >	while read args; do
> >	case "$args" in
> >		'')	;;
> >		'#'*)	;;
> >		*)	ifconfig $int $args ;;
> >	esac; done </etc/ifconfig.$int
> >would work more clearly ("read" already strips leading whitespace).
> >Trailing comments on a line containing ifconfig args have never been
> >handled, so there's no need to start now.
>
>	which one (eval or case) do people like better?  i'll test "case"
>	variant locally.

I think the 'case' case is clearer.  The 'eval' case seems confusing 
to me.  That's what started this discussion after all.

Just my $0.02.  (How many yen?)


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