Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:25:50 -0600 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed new Bourne shell init files Message-ID: <20000331222550.B2556@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003311633350.73555-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> References: <20000331165457.A2556@holly.calldei.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003311633350.73555-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>
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On Friday, March 31, 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > I guess that's not the best term to use, so let me try and > rephrase my argument. All Bourne shells and derivatives have an export > command. On all Bourne shells and derivatives, you _can_ do: > > var=foo > export var > > It is not true however, that on all Bourne shells and derivatives that you > can do: > > export var=foo However, on all _POSIX_ shells, ``export var=foo'' is valid, if I remember correctly. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |A closed mouth gathers no feet. `---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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