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Article #721bash 1.04 dumps core with pipe to function
From: Andrew Thomas
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 16:27
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 16:27
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On a uVax II running Ultrix 2.0
the following set of commands always causes bash to fail:
bash$ function gnu () { /usr/local/gnu/bin/$* ; }
bash$ cat test.tar | gnu tar -tvf -
gdb output can be produced if needed.
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Andrew Thomas
andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu Systems Design Eng. University of Waterloo
"If a million people do a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing." - Opus
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!uunet!watmath!watcgl!andrewt From: andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: bash 1.04 dumps core with pipe to function Message-ID: <ANDREWT.89Nov14112719@watsnew.waterloo.edu> Date: 14 Nov 89 16:27:19 GMT Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Organization: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 14