Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!pacbell!rtech!ralph
From: ralph@rtech.rtech.com (Ralph Harnden)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs
Subject: Bug in /bin/sh -c
Keywords: sh, invocation, /etc/profile
Message-ID: <2508@rtech.rtech.com>
Date: 30 Oct 88 07:14:18 GMT
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: Relational Technology Inc. Alameda, CA 94501
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Is this a bug in /bin/sh on the UNIXPC, or am I ____?

I type "/bin/sh -c ps -e" from a shell, and I get all of the
garbage in /etc/profile and $HOME/.profile before I get ps.

I do the same thing with ksh, and I just get ps, like I should.

The docs for sh(1) and ksh(1) under "Invocation" describe
identical behavior, but sure don't act the same on my system.
I am running 3.5.1.4.

So, am I ____, or am I just hitting the brick wall on this box?


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