maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (01/23/90)
In article <481d9fde.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes: \... \args=`./setargs "ab:" "avar:bvar" "$@" ` \... \_______________ screen dump of test_setargs __________________ \args is avar=1;bvar='bs string';set -- \... The problem: set -- doesn't unset the arguments (set $# to 0), it does nothing, which is a bug (dubious feature) IMHO. Solution: set x <the remaining arguments, if any> shift Followups to comp.unix.questions. -- What do the following have in common: access(2), SysV echo, O_NONDELAY? | Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam: maart@cs.vu.nl, uunet!mcsun!botter!maart