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Re: Assigment to GROUPS doesn't return an error code
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Assigment to GROUPS doesn't return an error code |
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:55:19 -0400 |
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On 8/11/15 5:07 AM, Grzegorz Bajson wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3.30
> Patch Level: 2
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> Hi,
> According to man page assigment to GROUPS should return error status,
> this is not a case:
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> "GROUPS An array variable containing the list of groups of which
> the current user is a member. Assignments to GROUPS have no effect and
> return an error
> status. If GROUPS is unset, it loses its special properties, even if
> it is subsequently reset."
Yes, the documentation is wrong. It should simply say that assignments
have no effect.
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/