On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:12:18PM -0500, David Korn wrote:
> cc: [email protected]
>
> This is a bug since the POSIX standard says that $0 should not change.
> I will fix this in ksh93u+. ksh93u is the most recent official ksh93.
>
> However, POSIX function can be recursive in Korn shell, for example
>
> foo()
> {
> echo name=$0 "$@"
> if [[ $1 ]]
> then shift
> foo "$@"
> fi
> }
> foo "$@"
Many thanks for clarification. Now my question is: does there
exist a simple fix for ksh93t+? Or can the fix backported to
ksh93t+? This because a version update in an existing product
in normal case a nogo as this destroys e.g. any certification.
Werner
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