Add support for ${var:-value)

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#6 Add support for ${var:-value)

Status: open

Owner: David Lee

Labels: Interface Improvements (example) (4)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2011-01-06

Created: 2011-01-05

Creator: Anonymous

Private: No

sh/ksh/bash allows the ${var:-value} syntax which is eqivilent to 'if var is not set or empty then substitue value else expand var'.

Considering adding support for this syntax in xmlsh.

TODO: Need to evaluate how this affects the tie command.

David Lee - 2011-01-06

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