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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:14:29 -0700
From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan AT veritas DOT com>
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > By default, it should not be exported, but a user could export it
> > themselves.
> 
> Stupid Linux.  sh -> bash.  OK, if I run *ash* you're right.

Yes, this has caught me a number of times, too.

> I'm thinking, though, that this won't help anything.  If the user just
> types "sh" at a bash prompt, there aren't any files sourced by sh
> where we'd get a chance to fix the prompts.

True, if that is what was wanted.  I was thinking only in terms of a
"login" shell.

And, on all UNIX/Linux systems I've used, if the user starts a subshell
that uses common env variables but does not understand advanced features
available in the parent, the result is displayed wihtout interpretation,
so this is working "as expected".

-- 
Bob McGowan
Staff Software Quality Engineer
VERITAS Software
rmcgowan AT veritas DOT com

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