maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (07/08/89)
$ foo=bar date > /dev/null $ echo $foo $ zork=mids echo $zork > /dev/null $ echo $zork mids $ This is definitely a bug: there should be no difference between the behavior of normal commands and that of built-in commands. Otherwise a shellscript assuming `date' is a non-built-in command, might someday fail mysteriously. -- "I HATE arbitrary limits, especially when |Maarten Litmaath @ VU Amsterdam: they're small." (Stephen Savitzky) |maart@cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart