Consider the following program:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash --norc
export VAR=A
function setvar
{
VAR=B
echo X
}
V=$(setvar)
echo $VAR
When I execute it, I get as result "A", not "B", as I had expected.
If setvar would be an external program, I would understand the result,
as this would have to be run in a subshell; but it is a shell function,
and shell functions are supposed to be evaluated in the context of the
current environment. But it seems that within a $(...), even shell
functions are executed in a child process. Is this supposed to work that
way?
Ronald, using bash 2.05b.
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