Stephane CHAZELAS <stephane.chaze...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-05-24 17:15:25 +0200, Joerg Schilling: > > Stephane CHAZELAS <stephane.chaze...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > > > $ a=1 ./sh -o posix -c 'a=2; printenv a' > > > 1 > > > > > > POSIX requires 2 to be output there (assuming printenv a command > > > to print the value of a given environment variable). > > > > Do you have a pointer to the related text? > [...] > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2016edition/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_05_03
OK, thank you for the pointer. Switching the behavior would be simple, I whould need to decide whether I implement this behavior in the case when bosh is neither called as /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, nor given set -o posix. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.net (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.org/private/ http://sf.net/projects/schilytools/files/'