Hi, I'm wondering why I keep seeing the if test "xSTRING1" = "xSTRING2"; then else fi construction when you want to compare the strings STRING1 and STRING2. The thing that I'm wondering about is the "x" in front of the two strings. Probably something entirely fundamental that I just forgot... Thanks, jules _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
