bug or feature?

[Arnold Nipper]

On 01.12.2010 14:13 Pawel Nastachowski wrote

> Wiadomość napisana przez Przemysław Knycz w dniu 2010-12-01, o godz. 14:07:
>>> Apostrophes in birdc arguments should be OK because they are processed
>>> by UNIX shell.
>> 
>> Same here:
>> # bash
>> root at zwrotnica:~# birdc show route 65.52.0.0/16
>> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
>> IP address expected
>> root at zwrotnica:~# birdc show route 65.52.0.0\/16
>> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
>> IP address expected
>> root at zwrotnica:~# dash
>> # birdc show route 65.52.0.0\/16
>> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
>> IP address expected
>> # birdc show route 65.52.0.0/16
>> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
>> IP address expected
>> 
>> ii  dash           0.5.5.1-7.2    POSIX-compliant shell
>> ii  bash           4.1-3          The GNU Bourne Again SHell
>> GNU bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
> 
> waw-rs1# uname -a
> FreeBSD waw-rs1 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Sun Oct 17 08:50:44 CEST 2010     root at waw-rs1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PLIX  amd64
> waw-rs1# birdc show route 65.52.0.0/16
> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
> Network not in table
> waw-rs1# bash
> [root at waw-rs1 ~]# birdc show route 65.52.0.0/16
> BIRD 1.2.5 ready.
> Network not in table
> 
> FreeBSD :-)))
> 

So, what is the conclusion? This is a OS/shell problem, not a BIRD
problem. Given so, is there anyone who is able to explain, what actually
happens? I have never ever seen, that "/" irritates any program. Otoh
I'm an absolute OS/shell novice ...



TIA and best regards,
Arnold
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Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany
email: arnold at nipper.de       phone: +49 6224 9259 299
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