gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (10/07/89)
In article <1532@cbnewse.ATT.COM> danj1@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson) writes: >In Bourne (Korn too) shell, I've seen the cool guys write: > BLA=66 export BLA >Is this guaranteed :-) to always have the same effect as: > BLA=66; export BLA Originally Korn's shell didn't do this compatibly with the Bourne shell, but upon receiving complaints he changed it to do so. Therefore I would say that it is likely to continue to work this way.
danj1@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson, Naperville, IL) (10/07/89)
In Bourne (Korn too) shell, I've seen the cool guys write: BLA=66 export BLA Is this guaranteed :-) to always have the same effect as: BLA=66; export BLA Signed Nervous, Naperville, IL -- Dan Jacobson, 45262, IH 1D-213, AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, IL (312) 979-6364 (until 10/89 try 4407) danj1@ihlpa.att.com ihlpa!danj1