On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:33:42 -0500 David Korn wrote:
> > > ... if PATH is /usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin, a "ls" builtin is bound to
> > > /usr/bin/ls
> > > and the script should execute the "ls" builtin it will execute
> > > /usr/xpg4/bin/ls
> > > instead of the builtin command because /usr/xpg4/bin comes before
> > > /usr/bin in
> > > PATH.
> I must be missing something. If ls is a builtin for /usr/bin/ls
> but /usr/xpg4/bin comes before /usr/bin in PATH, then ls should run
> /usr/xpg4/bin/ls, not the built-in version of /usr/bin/ls.
> That is the whole point of binding a builtin to a path name rather than
> just making ls a builtin.
so Roland, is there a specific case where an alias.sh test fails for
PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin
but works for
PATH=/usr/bin
?
I just tried the alias test both ways on sol11.sun4 and it passed both ways
-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --
