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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What does this sh script line do?
Message-ID: <2142@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 12 Jun 91 04:22:47 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.045504.26169@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Organization: Unisys Unix Systems Group, San Jose, CA
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in article <1991Jun06.172119.19494@ka3ovk>, albers@ka3ovk (Jon Albers) writes:

> . ${NEWSCONFIG-/usr/lib/news/bin/config}

> It blows up on this line with the error 'Bad substitution', however,
> under SCO UNIX, it work just fine.  What is it supposed to be doing?

Isn't the correct syntax ":-" ?  My shell likes it with or without the : 
. ${NEWSCONFIG:-/usr/lib/news/bin/config}
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