Thanks, Chet!
From: Chet Ramey
To: John Wiersba ; "bug-bash@gnu.org"
Cc: chet.ra...@case.edu
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: OLDPWD unset when bash starts
On 11/18/15 2:44 PM, John Wiersba wrote:
> Why does bash clear OLDPWD when a ch
On 11/18/15 2:44 PM, John Wiersba wrote:
> Why does bash clear OLDPWD when a child script is started?
Because a new shell does not have a `previous working directory'. It's
supposed to be set by cd, and if you haven't executed cd, you don't have
one.
It seems reasonable to inherit OLDPWD if it n
