On 12/18/2010 04:51 AM, Laurent Léonard wrote: >>> >>> - retval wait $virsh_pid && printf '\r%s%-12s\n' "$label" $"done" >>> + retval wait $virsh_pid && printf '\r%s%-12s\n' "$label" "`gettext >>> \"done\"`" >> >> Likewise: "$(gettext "done")" >> >> But thanks for taking this on; we're getting closer to a nice solution. > > I followed: > http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/gettext/Preparing-Shell-Scripts.html > but totally agree with your comments. The gettext manual assumes that you are trying to be portable to all sorts of /bin/sh, including Solaris's horribly-dated version that lacks lots of POSIX features, hence it uses `` instead of $(). But for a Linux init script, we can safely assume a decent POSIX shell. -- Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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