Re: [PATCH] tests: standardize perl usage in tests

[Jim Meyering]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> * tests/cp/fiemap-FMR.sh: Ensure perl is parameterized to $PERL,
> and ensure require_perl_ is used, so tests are skipped appropriately.
> * tests/cp/preserve-gid.sh: Likewise.
> * tests/du/long-from-unreadable.sh: Likewise.
> * tests/misc/env-S-script.sh: Likewise.
> * tests/misc/sort-benchmark-random.sh: Likewise.
> * tests/rm/deep-2.sh: Likewise.
...
> -perl -e '
> +$PERL -e '
...
> -perl -e '
> +$PERL -e '
...
> -: ${PERL=perl}
>  $PERL \
>      -e 'my $d = "x" x 200; foreach my $i (1..52)' \
>      -e '  { mkdir ($d, 0700) && chdir $d or die "$!" }' \

Thanks for all the clean-up.
That looks fine.

For a further (separate) diff, what do you think about also defining a
"perl" function?
Then, the majority of those invocations would have the more natural
"perl -e ..." look.