On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jon Seymour <jon.seym...@gmail.com> wrote: > Correction - a _leading_ cd command and only a leading cd command, > seems to be completely ignored in the case I described. > > Why is this? > > jon. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jon Seymour <jon.seym...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:18 PM > Subject: Can someone explain this? > To: bug-bash@gnu.org > > > Can someone explain why this is happening? > > #expected > $ bash -c 'cd /tmp; pwd' > /tmp > > #expected > $ bash -c 'pwd; cd /tmp; pwd' > /home/jseymour > /tmp > > #expected > $ ssh localhost bash -c 'pwd; cd /tmp; pwd' > /home/jseymour > /tmp > > #unexpected > $ ssh localhost bash -c 'cd /tmp; pwd' > /home/jseymour > > My expectation is that the last command should print: > > /tmp > > But, instead, the cd command seems to be completely ignored when bash > is run under ssh. I have reproduced this with bash 4.1.5 on Linux and > bash 3.0.0 on AIX. > > jon. > >
It's not particular to Bash. I can reproduce it in several other shells.
