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Re: "$@" not available in rcfile, $ENV, $BASH_ENV...
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: "$@" not available in rcfile, $ENV, $BASH_ENV... |
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Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:56:50 -0400 |
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On 9/10/17 11:11 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> When running bash as:
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> bash -s foo bar
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> "$@" is not available inside .bashrc. Same for $ENV (POSIX
> conformance issue?), $BASH_ENV, or ~/.bash_profile (with bash
> --login -s).
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> In the case of bash -c, that also affects $0.
Bash has always behaved like this, and it's not a Posix conformance
issue. Is there a compelling reason to change it other than compatibility
with other shells?
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/