Re: pg_ctl failure with older Bourne shells (use ${1:+"$@"})

Tom Lane wrote:
> > We only use "$@" in a few places so I am applying this patch.
>
> Could you check for other scripts where the same thing may have snuck
> in?

Yes, I checked, and I saw pgaccess using it too.  I sent them a patch.

>
> BTW, O'Reilly's "Unix Power Tools" recommends
>     ${1+"$@"}
> as the most portable replacement for "$@".  Mike's version has :+
> which is not the same.  My man page for the Bourne shell says

Changed.

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