Oliver Tappe<zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > + case $(uname) in > ------------^ > > Unless I'm mistaken, the $(...) syntax is a bash-extension and likely to > fail in some other shell, at least that's why I've used the backticks > everywhere else. I'm afraid you are mistaken; it's part of the POSIX specs, see: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html under chapter 2.6.3. Bye, Axel.