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From: drazen@VLSI.CALTECH.EDU (Drazen Borkovic)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: bash 1.05.2 sourceing bug
Message-ID: <9001130219.AA14948@vlsi.caltech.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 02:19:58 GMT
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This is bash ver 1.05.2 on Sparcstation 1, SUNOS 4.0.3.

Compiled with sun cc.


When sourceing a file, bash doesn't set a variable.

SCRIPT:

!91 @ echo $BASH_VERSION
1.05.2
!92 @ echo $HOSTTYPE
SUN4
!93 @ cat ./J1
declare -rx a5=5
!94 @ unset a5
!95 @ echo $a5
a5: unbound variable
!96 @ echo $-
umo
!97 @ . ./J1
!98 @ echo $a5
a5: unbound variable
!99 @ set | egrep a5
!100 @

ENDSCRIPT