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From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
To: Shane Squires <shane2squires@gmail.com>
Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: "export FOO" twice behaves differently than "export FOO" once
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:33:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200325233359.0ce0ec7a@tarpaulin.shahaf.local2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPkN6apJ+V44uOfnvOuWTWwg6SE1i_pVu+ifQh3MhwbjPuy=tw@mail.gmail.com>

Shane Squires wrote on Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:35 -0700:
> I wanted to report some unusual behavior with the export command.  This is
> for the usage where a variable is exported without being given a value.
> Exporting a variable twice seems to add it to the environment, but
> exporting it once does not.  See shell output below.
> 
>  % echo $ZSH_VERSION
> 5.3.1
>  % unset FOO
>  % export FOO
>  % /usr/bin/env | grep FOO
>  % export FOO
>  % /usr/bin/env | grep FOO
> FOO=
> 
> Is this an expected behavior?  I can see an argument for either behavior
> (either adding FOO to the environment or not adding it) when no value is
> given.  But it seems like the behavior should be consistent whether
> exporting once or twice.

I'm not sure whether it's expected, but I can reproduce it in master.

Thanks,

Daniel

      reply	other threads:[~2020-03-25 23:34 UTC|newest]

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2020-03-21 21:35 Shane Squires
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