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From: Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
Subject:  Re: bash does not retain env when running script
Date:  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:52:09 -0600
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Arto Stimms wrote:
> I would like to run a bash script with a few changes in the environment. I would expect this to work:
> [snip]
> As a small example I have tried using these two minimal files
> 
> init.sh:
>     hello () { echo "hello world"; }
>     alias listdir=ls
> 
> script:
>     hello
>     listdir
> 
> I get the following output:
> 
>     $ bash --rcfile init.sh script
>     script: line 1: hello: command not found
>     script: line 2: listdir: command not found
> 
> What can I do to make my changes work in the script?

'script' is being run in a subshell, and you cannot export aliases to a 
subshell (but there are things you can do to get an rc file to run for a 
subshell; read 'man bash'). For the function, try 'export'ing it.

None of this has anything to do with Cygwin.

-- 
Matthew
Not to be used as a flotation device.


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