GNU bug report logs - #2407
23.0.90; Emacs chokes on empty command line argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Geralt <usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 2407 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Geralt <usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com>
Cc: 2407 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2407: 23.0.90; Emacs chokes on empty command line argument
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:17:38 +0100

Geralt <usr.gentoo <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> This makes it impossible to just call emacs "$*" inside a shell script
> (without checking if "$*" is an empty string).

You should use "$@" anyway.

Andreas.

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