Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> Following a discussion we had earlier this year regarding the order of
> evaluation of variables and variable assignments:
>
> $ A="moo" B="$A more" env |grep ^B
> B=moo more
>
> (rather than showing just 'B= more')
> the dash maintainer has highlighted the following:
>
Following a discussion we had earlier this year regarding the order of
evaluation of variables and variable assignments:
$ A="moo" B="$A more" env |grep ^B
B=moo more
(rather than showing just 'B= more')
the dash maintainer has highlighted the following:
$ bash -c 'K=dvb0.net0 A=${K#dvb} eva
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:26:32 +0200
"Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FWIW I tried also /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (with the Belenix livecd, SunOS
> 5.11) and that shows the same as sh/ash/dash/bb.
FI just tried on SunOS 5.8 (sparc) - a proper Sun installation -
and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh there shows
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:32:35 -0400
Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> > my interpretation of
> > "variable assignment" is the `A=' part of the statement; i.e. that
> > the rhs of the assignment is expanded.
>
> It's not; the entire word, including the portion after th
Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:39 -0400
> Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of
>>> variables in simple commands that were defined earlier in the same
>>> command ... in other words, whe
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:39 -0400
Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of
> > variables in simple commands that were defined earlier in the same
> > command ... in other words, whether this snippet:
> > unset
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
> simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
> words, whether this snippet:
> unset A B
> A="moo" B="$A more"
> echo $A , $B
> should display moo twice or just once:
Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
> simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
> words, whether this snippet:
> unset A B
> A="moo" B="$A more"
> echo $A , $B
> should display mo
