Re: inequality operator semantics

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 14:25, Steffen Sledz <sledz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a short question about the semantics of the != operator in conjunction with e.g. DRIVERS.
>
> Does
>
>  DRIVERS!="xyz"
>
> mean DRIVER for *all* parents is not equal to "xyz", or that there is *at least* one parent with this condition?

One parent that doesn't match. DRIVERS!= not combined with more
matches makes not much sense. There should be in all cases a driver,
along the chain of parent devices, that does not match the string.

> Does this semantics had changed over the time?

Don't think so.

Kay
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