Duh... Thanks guys.  I was totally focused on comparing two strings and 
didn't even think about what ${PKG_INFO} _meant_.

Mike


Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
 > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Michael South wrote:
 >
 >
 >>    if ! ${PKG_INFO} -qe "${PKGNAME}" ; then blah blah blah
 >
 >
 > Replying off-list:
 >
 > man pkg_info
 >
 > -q is quiet
 > -e pkgname tests if exists (returns 0 if installed)
 >
 > For example:
 >
 > rainier:~$ pkg_info -e apache
 > rainier:~$ echo $?
 > 1
 > rainier:~$ pkg_info -e perl
 > perl-5.6.1nb7
 > rainier:~$ echo $?
 > 0
 >
 >
 > Take care,
 >
 >    Jeremy C. Reed
 >    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/


Masao Uebayashi wrote:
> sh(1)'s "if" takes not only test(1) but also any other commands.
> 
> "[ ... ]" is another form of test(1).
> 
> So,
> 
> 	if [ "foo" = "bar" ]; then ...; fi
> 
> and
> 
> 	if test "foo" = "bar"; then ...; fi
> 
> are identical.
> 
> Masao


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