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Re: bash 4.x filters out environmental variables containing a dot in the
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Eric Blake |
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Re: bash 4.x filters out environmental variables containing a dot in the name |
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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:50:42 -0600 |
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On 08/21/2012 05:45 AM, Ondrej Oprala wrote:
> Hi,
> unless this bug is already fixed in some way
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/gnu.bash.bug/xpZl_-eiFCY
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> ...I've created a tiny patch that should fix it.
Sorry, but this would violate POSIX, which requires that '.' is not part
of a valid variable name. Just because ksh allows it as an extension to
POSIX does not mean that bash has to do likewise.
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Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266
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