On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 04:19:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: sparc
> OS: solaris2.8
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='sparc'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='solaris2.8' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='s
> Machine Type: sparc-sun-solaris2.8
>
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Normally, the eval builtin used in functions to set variables
> makes these variables available globally otutside the function.
> However, when the function g
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Normally, the eval builtin used in functions to set variables
> makes these variables available globally otutside the function.
> However, when the function gets input from a pipline, the variables
> are set only locally.
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