Re: funny bug

["Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian@example.com>]

Thanks for sharing the bug. Not knowing much about shell scripting I was 
wondering if you could explain the bug? It's a bit too subtle for me ;)

Jc

>From: vp@example.com (Viktor Pavlenko)
>Reply-To: tlug@example.com
>To: tlug@example.com
>Subject: funny bug
>Date: 30 Mar 2001 10:46:38 +0900
>
>I want to share with you a bug in my shell script I discovered
>yesterday. The script was in production for quite a while...
>
>In the shell script I test if a process is running:
>
>if [ `ps -ef | grep [pP]rog_name | wc -l` -ne 0 ]
>
>[pP]rog_name thing filters out the grep process which works fine
>... unless your current directory contains prog_name file!
>
>if [ `ps -ef | grep '[pP]rog_name' | wc -l` -ne 0 ]
>
>fixes the problem.
>
>I wonder if a funny bugs collection exists somewhere on the Net.
>If not, let's start one on the TLUG website :)
>
>Viktor
>
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