#! /bin/sh -e if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then pdir="-d $3" elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument" exit 1 fi case "$1" in -patch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 < $0;; -unpatch) patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p1 < $0;; *) echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument" exit 1 esac exit 0 # DP: Clarify documentation about substring expansion --- bash/doc/bashref.texi~ 2004-08-28 15:10:17.000000000 +0200 +++ bash/doc/bashref.texi 2004-08-28 18:27:16.000000000 +0200 @@ -1575,6 +1575,9 @@ @var{length} must evaluate to a number greater than or equal to zero. If @var{offset} evaluates to a number less than zero, the value is used as an offset from the end of the value of @var{parameter}. +Arithmetic expressions starting with a - must be separated by whitespace +from the preceding : to be +distinguished from the $@{@var{parameter}:@minus{}@var{word}@} expansion. If @var{parameter} is @samp{@@}, the result is @var{length} positional parameters beginning at @var{offset}. If @var{parameter} is an array name indexed by @samp{@@} or @samp{*},