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From: chris@manic.communica.oz (Chris Clarkson)
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Subject: Bourne Shell Function positional parameter space
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Date: 7 Oct 90 21:30:00 GMT
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Under SunOS 3.X (and most Sys V and BSD Unix I have worked on) Bourne
shell functions shared their positional paramater space with the main
shell. Under SunOS 4.X this no longer seems to be the case.  Is this true
or is some other mechanism at play ?

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