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Re: "exit" doesn't work from inside of PIPED read block
From: |
Blaine Simpson |
Subject: |
Re: "exit" doesn't work from inside of PIPED read block |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:52:39 -0500 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071114) |
Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> Why are you using the -p option?
>>>
>>>
>> To prevent possible side effects from inheriting shell functions from
>> current environment, SHELLOPTS, any settings in $ENV, etc. Why would I
>> want to have all that crap in my environment if my goal is to test
>> exactly what I have coded in my script?
>>
> #!/bin/bash -p
>
>
> If you have crap in your environment then you should fix that problem
> first. It led me to believe that you were trying to run a setuid
> script or something.
>
By "all that crap", I meant "All that stuff which is unnecessary for the
task at hand." Everything in my environment is useful, but that doesn't
mean I want it influencing shell scripts. I write a lot of
cross-platform shell scripts for use by other people. It does not do to
test these with my own personal customizations. When I am testing base
Bash behavior, like in this case, I want to test with a basic Bash
environment, not a customized one where personal settings may mask a
problem with default Bash behaior, or even be the cause of the problem
at hand.
If Bash had a setting to not inherit customizations without modifying
uid behavior, I wouldn't need to use misleading switches.