Matthew Woehlke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> According to Jim Meyering on 4/16/2008 6:30 AM: >> | My first reaction was "great! that looks much better". >> | Unfortunately, the technique doesn't work with that shell: >> | >> | openbsd$ ./mknod --version|head -1 >> | mknod (GNU coreutils) 6.10.188-7cb24 >> | openbsd$ PATH=. /bin/sh -c 'mknod --version'|head -1 >> | /bin/sh: mknod: --: unknown option >> | /bin/sh: mknod: usage: mknod [-m mode] name [b | c] major minor >> | /bin/sh: mknod: usage: mknod [-m mode] name p >> >> That still uses a builtin. You need an exec in the loop to force a PATH >> search (even command, which bypasses functions, won't bypass builtins). >> Or perhaps a forwarding command will help; do any of these work? >> >> $ /bin/sh -c '(exec mknod --version)' | head -1 >> $ /bin/sh -c 'nice mknod --version' | head -1 >> $ /bin/sh -c 'nohup mknod --version' | head -1 > > I realize you already pushed something, but for the record, wouldn't > env' work as well (and without the side effects)?
Ha! Good call. That's even better ;-) _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
