quote order (was [Fwd: [Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/UserAccounts" by VladimirKosovac])
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at redhat.com
Mon Dec 3 20:21:08 UTC 2007
Karsten Wade wrote:
> The correction below brings up a small thing we can be consistent about,
> but first we can decide how we prefer it.
>
> So let's vote! (+1 for your preference)
>
> su -c 'command -c "quoted text" foo'
> su -c "command -c 'quoted text' foo"
>
> In other words:
>
> " '' "
>
> ... or...
>
> ' "" '
>
> ;-) Karsten
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>
> {{{
> - su -c "/usr/sbin/useradd -c "Luke McAlister" -g primary -G additional,another -d /home/second -s /bin/tcsh luke2"
> + su -c "/usr/sbin/useradd -c 'Luke McAlister' -g primary -G additional,another -d /home/second -s /bin/tcsh luke2"
> }}}
>
> {{{
> - su -c "/usr/sbin/usermod -c "Luke McAlister" luke"
> + su -c "/usr/sbin/usermod -c 'Luke McAlister' luke"
> }}
I vote for " ' ' "
-Mike
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