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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 1999 02:01:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>
Cc:        tg@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doug@gorean.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 
Message-ID:  <199908270901.CAA50051@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:43 MST." <19990826235143.A37231@norn.ca.eu.org> 

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cp> If you actually look at the patch, the flag didn't "just go away",
cp> it actually just does nothing any more as the desired result of that
cp> flag is default.

You're right.  However, the ability to turn off a `-r' using a subsequent 
`-e' could be useful:

	alias read="read -r"	# want old /bin/sh behaviour
	...
	read -e	foobar		# except here

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Koshy				<jkoshy@freebsd.org>


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