Bug in BSD's sh

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From: Andrew Draskoy
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1985 23:24

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I just ran into a bug in the 4.2bsd bourne shell.  It exists in 2.9bsd
as well, but not in SYSIII.

The continue command doesn't work as documented.  It seems to ignore
its argument if one is given.

I will post a formal bug report when I have time to hunt down the problem.
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From: andrew@garfield.UUCP (Andrew Draskoy)
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Subject: Bug in BSD's sh
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 18:24:59 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 18:24:59 1985
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