Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!heurikon!davek
From: davek@heurikon.UUCP (Dave Klann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Curious ksh hack
Message-ID: <195@heurikon.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 88 14:25:11 GMT
References: <340@manta.UUCP> <1486@houdi.UUCP>
Reply-To: davek@heurikon.UUCP (Dave Klann)
Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI
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In article <1486@houdi.UUCP> marty1@houdi.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT) writes:

  [ Discussion about the startup variable, and how it works. ]

>The desired effect is achieved if, as it says in the manual entry,
>"command and parameter substitution is performed on the value [of $ENV]
>to generate the pathname of the script ...."  On my system, substitution
>doesn't seem to happen, so it doesn't work.
>
>M. B. Brilliant					Marty

I fought this one for a while too.  Then after playing with the script,
and watching it carefully, I realized that the variable START (or its
equivalent) must be exported for the hack to work.  "DUH!," I said to
myself.  But hopefully this posting will help others avoid the same
mistake.