Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-08 Thread Chet Ramey
Ian Macdonald wrote: > Hello, > > This doesn't seem right: If no command name results after word expansion, variable assignments take place in the current shell environment, and rediretions take place in a subshell environment. The variable assignments are attempted first. Chet -- ``The lyf so

Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ian Macdonald wrote: On Thu 07 Jul 2005 at 20:07:33 -0400, you wrote: On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ian Macdonald wrote: Hello, This doesn't seem right: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=x [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ readonl

Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-07 Thread Felipe Kellermann
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 4:58pm -0700, Ian Macdonald wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar 2>/dev/null > bash: foo: readonly variable $ { foo=bar; } 2> /dev/null -- Felipe Kellermann ___ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.

Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ian Macdonald wrote: Hello, This doesn't seem right: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=x [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ readonly foo [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar >/dev/null bash: foo: readonly variable [E

Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-07 Thread Ian Macdonald
On Thu 07 Jul 2005 at 20:07:33 -0400, you wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ian Macdonald wrote: > > >Hello, > >This doesn't seem right: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=x > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ readonly foo > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]

unable to redirect readonly variable error

2005-07-07 Thread Ian Macdonald
Hello, This doesn't seem right: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=x [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ readonly foo [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar >/dev/null bash: foo: readonly variable [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash_completion]$ foo=bar 2>