On Sunday 24 May 2009 15:27:50 Siegfried Gevatter wrote: > Well, that example isn't the same as in bubbros, there we don't care > about any variable's value being changed.
It is just a demonstration of behaviour, the variable is changed because the sourced script does "receive" an argument. The fact that the demonstration involved a variable is completely irrelevant. > It would rather be like this > one: > > $ cat test > ./test1 $* > $ cat test1 > echo $1 Which is broken because the printed $1 in test1 is the one test received (in case of non-dash shells) or the one set by dash when sourcing the script. Regards, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
