>> Isn't it just the matter of resetting the variable regardless of $BASH >> (and ignoring >> a possible refusal to do so under bash) at the beginning of the test, or do >> you >> really have to rely on the value of $BASH and do things differently? > > Bash doesn't refuse to set it, it lets you update the value; I did think > that it wouldn't update it if the user had overridden the value, but it > looks like that was only because I had unset it first. It seems that > the variable is magic (autoincrementing in subshells and can only be set > to integer values) but if you unset it then it becomes a normal > variable.
Yes, resetting to =0 at the very beginning is what I have in mind. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
