[Gnu-arch-users] Re: building arch on cygwin

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Easy.  $(expr 1 + 1) works in ash on Linux, although I'm not sure if
>> Cygwin has a /usr/bin/expr.

> It does. But afaik you should use backticks ( `expr 1 + 1` ) to stay
> within posix.

Nope: POSIX has $(...) just fine.
The `...` is only needed for ancient pre-POSIX shells.  IIRC Solaris's
/bin/sh was one such ancient shell.


        Stefan