In a message dated: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:17:01 EST Derek Martin said: >Not unless the documented behavior is otherwise... this behavior is >the normal, expected behavior of bourne-derivative shells.
Is it that the bourne shell exhibited this seemingly buggy behavior and bash maintained it for the sake of portability, or was this some kind of "feature" of the original bourne shell? -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss