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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: /bin/sh thinks it's csh
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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:01:55 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199510021844.TAA24648@strider.ibenet.it> from "Piero Serini" at Oct 2, 95 07:44:42 pm
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> So, in "sh -c 'echo $0' foo bar baz":
> 
> $0	echo
> $1	foo
> 
> in "csh -c 'echo $0' foo bar baz":
> 
> exactly the same.

Except that POSIX is right because it is POSIX.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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