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Re: Fails to eval sh environment
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Fails to eval sh environment |
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Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:52:25 -0400 |
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> Bourne shell environment variable setting/exporting does not work from within
> a backtick expression.
This is not a bug. If you want to re-parse the line like this,
use `eval'.
Chet
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