Re: bug in /bin/sh

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From: Adri Verhoef
Date: Thu, 25 May 1989 20:11

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>			$ print() echo $1
>			$ print a b
>			a

>			$ print "a b" c
>			a b

>			$ mail() /usr/bin/mailx $*
>			$ mail -s "a b c d e f" chris
>			~h
>			To: b c d e f chris
>			Subject: a

No, it's not a bug.  Now let's try this again.
			$ mail() /usr/bin/mailx "$@"
Now look:
			$ mail -s "a b c d e f" chris
			~h
			To: chris
			Subject: a b c d e f
			Cc:
			Bcc:

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From: ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: bug in /bin/sh
Keywords: functions, quotes
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Date: 25 May 89 20:11:43 GMT
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