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Re: documentation... readonly help is not accurate
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: documentation... readonly help is not accurate |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:09:06 -0500 |
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On 3/4/13 11:12 AM, Gotmy Nick wrote:
> On 4 March 2013 14:51, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>>
>> This isn't accurate. Run the following script:
>>
>> foo()
>> {
>> echo foo
>> }
>> bar=quux
>>
>> readonly foo
>> readonly bar
>>
>> readonly
>>
>> In addition to the built-in bash readonly variables, both bar and foo will
>> be listed.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong, but this is creating a variable "foo" which is empty.
Yes, you're correct. My fault. I'll take another look.
Chet
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