Package: bash Version: 2.05b-8.1 According to my understanding of the manual page,
$ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" Should have print abc. But it does not: $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" $ What am I missing? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux rakefet 2.4.21-3.custom586.1 #1 Fri Aug 1 21:48:39 IDT 200 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 3.0.8 Debian base system miscella ii libc6 2.3.1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libra ii libncurses5 5.3.20030510-2 Shared libraries for termin -- no debconf information -- Shaul Karl, shaul @ actcom . net . il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]