X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/f064e80eac20967124b9dfc154d24a58de74b623..0808f3e85977428948be17783e31c14c4f4b8622:/test/README diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 7bf605b5..7b1de5fd 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ in the test scripts. In particular: - Avoid depending on the exact format of output from system (non-nmh) programs. +The Heirloom Bourne Shell, http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/sh.html, +catches many non-portable shell constructs, such as $(), $(()), !, and +assignment in export statements. + checkbashisms, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/, might help some catch problems. Though it misses all of the troublesome constructs, except for assignment in an export statement, listed above.