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and subject line Re: bash --posix: . (dot command) doesn't use PATH to search
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regarding bash --posix: . (dot command) doesn't use PATH to search for scripts
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Package: bash
Version: 3.2-4
Severity: normal
/tmp$ echo "echo OK" > ok
/tmp$ bash --posix -c ". ok"
OK
According POSIX: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/toc.htm
the dot command should look the path (and not the local dir).
ciao
cate
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.6
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 5lenny3 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
Versions of packages bash recommends:
ii bash-completion 20080705 programmable completion for the ba
Versions of packages bash suggests:
pn bash-doc <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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Version: 4.2-1~exp1
Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:
> /tmp$ echo "echo OK" > ok
> /tmp$ bash --posix -c ". ok"
> OK
>
> According POSIX: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/toc.htm
> the dot command should look the path (and not the local dir).
Thanks. Fixed upstream in bash 4.2.
x. Posix-mode shells use the argument passed to `.' as-is if a $PATH search
fails, effectively searching the current directory. Posix-2008 change.
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