Hey Rob,
I indirectly reported this on a separate thread, but here's a more complete bug
report,
with steps to reproduce.
If I define a shell function in bash, I can execute the function by putting its
name
in a variable, and then retrieving the value of the variable at the shell
interpreter prompt,
like so:
On my desktop machine, running the bash shell:
tbird@timdesk:~$ myfunc() {
> echo "inside myfunc"
> }
tbird@timdesk:~$ myfunc
inside myfunc
tbird@timdesk:~$ VAR="myfunc"
tbird@timdesk:~$ $VAR
inside myfunc
This doesn't work with the toybox shell. I get "sh: <func_name>: No such file
or directory"
When running a toybox shell under qemu, I get the following:
$ myfunc() {
> echo "inside myfunc"
> }
$ myfunc
inside myfunc
$ VAR="myfunc"
$ $VAR
sh: myfunc: No such file or directory
$
Note that executing an internal or external command from a variable reference
works:
$ VAR="echo hello"
$ $VAR
hello
$ VAR="cat /etc/passwd"
$ $VAR
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
guest:x:500:500:guest:/home/guest:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/proc/self:/dev/null
$
Thanks,
-- Tim
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