From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 31 20:25:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from holly.calldei.com (adsl-208-191-146-189.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [208.191.146.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A0FA37BA94 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:25:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@holly.calldei.com) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.calldei.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA03117; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:25:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from chris) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:25:50 -0600 From: Chris Costello To: Doug Barton Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed new Bourne shell init files Message-ID: <20000331222550.B2556@holly.calldei.com> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: <20000331165457.A2556@holly.calldei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 |A closed mouth gathers no feet. `---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message