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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 05:48:39PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Lee Forrest wrote:
> >
> > [11] /var           [: 0: unknown operand
> > 
> > That's a test error, right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > dc $num 4 mod
> > on the commandline yields _no_ output, 
> 
> It turns out to be a bug in the dc in BL3 busybox.
> I tested the script with busybox 1.00pre7 (before 
> posting it) and it worked fine.  It also works with 
> the full printf and dc.
> 
> I'm very disappointed that the BL3 busybox (1.01) failed.
> ------------------------------
> <$>x=20;busybox dc $x 5 /  
> 4
> <$>x=20;busybox.bl3 dc $x 5 /
> <$>
> ------------------------------

I started suspecting that after I sent off the last post and discovered
it was in busybox.

If I can figure out what dc is supposed to be doing there,
I can probably do it with expr and/or bash (directly).

(hint)

Thanks,

Lee

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