On 10/16/16 6:01 PM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> $ cat myscript
> TIMEFORMAT=foo var=x
>
> time ( TIMEFORMAT=bar var=y )
> echo "<$TIMEFORMAT> <$var>"
>
> f() { TIMEFORMAT=f; time :; }
> time ( f )
> echo "<$TIMEFORMAT>"
>
>
> $ bash myscript
> bar
>
> f
> f
>
>
>
>
> setting TIMEFORMAT in
The attached patch "fixes" this:
hp% ./bash -c 'time (TIMEFORMAT=y)'
real0m0.001s
user0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
hp% bash -c 'time (TIMEFORMAT=y)'
y
Disclaimer: I don't know if it's a good patch. It may break stuff.
This problem is caused due to bash passing
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:01 AM, isabella parakiss wrote:
>
> f() { TIMEFORMAT=f; time :; }
> time ( f )
> f
> f
>
> setting TIMEFORMAT in ( ) affects time out of the subshell
> this cannot be right
time is a reserved word, not a builtin. time is not "out of the
subshell". Its env is that of the
