V. Mark Lehky wrote: > Hi, > > I can't find this text in my manual. Is there a more recent version > somewhere than <http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html>?
Sure. The 2.05b manual is over four years old. Try http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashref.html for the current (bash-3.2) edition. > > So, since 'export -f' apparently does the same thing as 'declare -xf', > I'm just wondering why have two commands do the same thing? Or did I > interpret that wrong? `export' exists because it is historical and because POSIX requires it. `declare' is a way, much like the ksh `typeset', to have one mechanism to manipulate variables and their attributes. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Live Strong. No day but today. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
