[gnu.bash.bug] Bash 1.01 "FOO=bar export FOO" doesn't

bet@ORION.MC.DUKE.EDU (Bennett Todd) (07/19/89)

SunOS 3.5, gcc 1.34 -traditional -g

Typescript follows:

Script started on Wed Jul 19 04:31:13 1989
bent[1] printenv FOO
bent[2] FOO=bar export FOO
bent[3] printenv FOO
bent[4] sh
bent[\#] printenv FOO
bent[\#] FOO=bar export FOO
bent[\#] printenv FOO
bar
bent[\#] bent[5]
script done on Wed Jul 19 04:31:47 1989

This is a fairly common Bourne shell programming idiom.

-Bennett
bet@orion.mc.duke.edu