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From: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu
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Subject: Bug report for /bin/sh5 under ultrix 4.0
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Date: 1 Oct 90 04:18:12 GMT
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Organization: Mathematics Department University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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The following short script produces incorrect results under ultrix 4.0:

--------- Begin Script -----------------------
#!/bin/sh5

dummy () {
echo This message from dummy
}

set Hello World

echo $1   # These lines
echo $2   # will echo "Hello World"

dummy

echo $1   # These lines
echo $2   # will echo blanks!! They shouldn't.

---------- End Script ---------------------

Notes:
    /bin/sh5 is ultrix's counterpart of /bin/sh in System V. Probably its 
most significant advantage from a programmer's point of view is its
function defining capability.  In the script above the function "dummy" is
defined to echo a string.  An unintended side-effect of the execution of
the function dummy is that it clears the shell variable $1 and $2.
This shell script executes correctly on Stardent 3000 which is a hybrid
BSD/SysV machine.

--
Rouben Rostamian                               Telephone: (301) 455-2458
Department of Mathematics and Statistics       e-mail:
University of Maryland Baltimore County        rostamian@umbc.bitnet
Baltimore, MD 21228,  U.S.A.                   rostamian@umbc3.umbc.edu