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/bin/sh bug

#33
From: sdcarlrusty
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1982 09:28
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With sh if you say

	$ var=value command

then "var" is temporarily exported into the environment
for the execution of "command". But you cannot say

	$ exec var=value command

because the silly shell tries to execute "var=value", and
if you say

	$ var=value exec command

then "command" gets executed but "var" doesn't get exported.
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Newsgroups: net.bugs.v7
Subject: /bin/sh bug
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1982 09:28:59 +0000
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