Re: [tlug] Rsync exclusion question

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On 12/06/09 22:40, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Josh Glover writes:
>
>   >  >  I don't understand why the problem was allegedly fixed by changing
>   >  >  between " and ' quotes; perhaps we haven't heard the full story.
>   >
>   >  Me neither, but I think it has to do with how Doug is invoking his
>   >  script.
>
> I find this is invariably because I (a) wrote a script or shell
> function for unit testing, and quotes are being stripped there, or (b)
> some command I thought was either a shell built-in or a real program
> was replaced by a shell script, usually by a distro trying to make
> something like the autofools more "user-friendly".

Or you can give up on keeping it straight, and just use 'ipython -p 
pysh' and python for all of your 'shell' scripts.  :-)  And it works 
reasonably even in the Windows world.
  http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/