Re: env -u behavior

[Andreas Schwab]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> $ echo 'echo one' > ./c=d
> $ echo 'echo two' > ./--
[...]
> $ env a=b -- c=d echo three
> one
>
> Huh?  ./-- is not on my PATH, why was it executed?

This executed c=d.

>
> $ PATH=:$PATH env a=b -- c=d echo three
> two
>
> Huh?  This should have executed ./--, not ./c=d.

This executed --.

I'm getting "env: --: No such file or directory" in the first case and
in the second case "/bin/sh -- c=d echo three" is executed, which
executes c=d eventually.

Andreas.

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