Gerhard Brauer wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 24
> Release Status: release
>
> Could you CC me please as I'm not on the list. Thanks.
> And sorry for bad english...
>
> Description:
> If i source a file relative to the current directory then - if
> in sh mode - sourcing fails with file not found. If i source a file with
> absolute or relative path than it works in sh mode. In bash mode i have
> no problem.
This is a property of bash posix mode when you don't have `.' in $PATH:
28. The `.' and `source' builtins do not search the current directory
for the filename argument if it is not found by searching `PATH'.
> This behavior is new in version 4, old version 3.2 works fine.
The bash-3.2 behavior was a bug. Its fix is listed in CHANGES:
ggg. Fixed a bug that caused a shell running in Posix mode to search $PWD for
a file specified as an argument to source/. when the file was not found
in $PATH.
Chet
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