* Re: ksh Emulation Not Clearing Envariables
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@ 2004-05-11 20:52 ` Chris Jepeway
2004-05-11 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Chris Jepeway @ 2004-05-11 20:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
>
> [It's almost time to move this to zsh-workers.]
Done.
> "Variable assignments specified with" refers to this:
>
>> It's outside, put into the environment before the [built-in] is
>> called.
Thanks. Chet & the spec have set me straight, here, too.
>
> E.g.
>
> CDPATH=
> CDPATH=/tmp cd foo
> echo $CDPATH
>
> should output "/tmp", because "cd" is a special built-in.
Just to be silly, I'll point out that "cd" doesn't
appear on the list of special built-ins at
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/idx/sbi.html
which is referenced from the section describing the sbi's at
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/
xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_14
An oversight?
> Bart Shaefer
Chris.
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2004-05-11 20:52 ` ksh Emulation Not Clearing Envariables Chris Jepeway
@ 2004-05-11 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2004-05-11 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Jepeway; +Cc: zsh-workers
On Tue, 11 May 2004, Chris Jepeway wrote:
>[I wrote:]
> > CDPATH=/tmp cd foo
> > echo $CDPATH
> >
> > should output "/tmp", because "cd" is a special built-in.
> Just to be silly, I'll point out that "cd" doesn't
> appear on the list of special built-ins
>
> An oversight?
Yes, on my part. I didn't bother to check the list, I just picked a
builtin that pays attention to an environment variable.
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