Re: Error: *: Parameter not set

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 06/30/05

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    In article <1120043424.293768.41030@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
     "DozyRosy" <tony.skelding@uk.abnamro.com> wrote:

    > I have a shell script which acts as a wrapper to another script and I
    > want to propagate all the passed parameters through to the inner script
    > (even if there are none). But if I use $* or $@ and there are no
    > parameters passed in the I get an error and the script terminates. How
    > do I avoid this?

    Can you use ksh or bash instead of sh? Some versions of sh have this
    problem, but I think it's been fixed in most modern shells. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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