Shell bug - no args for sourced scripts
Dr. Volker Zell
vzell@de.oracle.com
Sun Feb 28 23:02:00 GMT 1999
>> If you write a script that is designed to set up variables, for
>> sourcing in another shell, Cygwin B20.1 sh under NT4.0 ignores
>> any parameters passed.
>> This differs from Korn shells and bash version 2.01 under
>> Solaris.
>> E.g. the script "sourcing":
>> #!/bin/sh echo "Args are: $@" ARGS="$@" export ARGS
>> When run under Cygnus shell like so:
>> . ./sourcing test
>> demonstrates that the arguments are not seen in the sourced
>> shell script.
>> Args are:
>> Likewise, $# is 0.
This works for me ...
>> luke
Volker
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