Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
Following a discussion we had earlier this year regarding the order of
evaluation of variables and variable assignments:
$ A=moo B=$A more env |grep ^B
B=moo more
(rather than showing just 'B= more')
the dash maintainer has highlighted the following:
$ bash
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:26:32 +0200
Kevin F. Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FWIW I tried also /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (with the Belenix livecd, SunOS
5.11) and that shows the same as sh/ash/dash/bb.
FI just tried on SunOS 5.8 (sparc) - a proper Sun installation -
and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh there shows one
Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
words, whether this snippet:
unset A B
A=moo B=$A more
echo $A , $B
should display moo twice or
Mike Frysinger wrote:
i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
words, whether this snippet:
unset A B
A=moo B=$A more
echo $A , $B
should display moo twice or just once:
As I read
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:39 -0400
Chet Ramey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Frysinger wrote:
i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of
variables in simple commands that were defined earlier in the same
command ... in other words, whether this snippet:
unset A B
