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From:	Byron Rakitzis <byron@rakitzis.com>
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To:	paul@paulhaahr.com, tjg@star.le.ac.uk
Subject: Re: rc 1.6 $version
Cc:	rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu

>I've made $prompt act in the same way; I wonder if $ifs should too?

I would have thought you'd want to export $prompt.

What about subshells?