> Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Not only does that show that Solaris 2.6's shell does not set IFS,
>
> windlord:~> printenv IFS
> windlord:~> /bin/sh -c 'echo x-${IFS}-x'
> x- -x
> windlord:~> uname -a
> SunOS windlord.stanford.edu 5.6 Generic_105181-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
>
> Looks set to me, although it appears to be set incorrectly.
>
Incorrectly? Looks to me the same as with bash:
[16:24:40 tmp]$ printenv IFS
[16:24:46 tmp]$ bash -c 'echo x-${IFS}-x'
x- -x
[16:24:48 tmp]$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[16:27:28 tmp]$
Ah, something might be wrong with the above tests:
[16:35:41 tmp]$ set | grep IFS
IFS=$' \t\n'
[16:35:59 tmp]$
> Solaris's /bin/sh isn't a particularly good example, as it's one of the
> most completely broken Bourne shells shipped with a modern OS. It doesn't
> even try to be POSIX-compliant.
>
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