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Re: CDPATH reports to stdout and even non-interactively


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: CDPATH reports to stdout and even non-interactively
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:51:39 -0600
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According to Chet Ramey on 8/15/2008 3:14 PM:
> 
> This is the behavior that Posix requires:  when CDPATH is used, bash
> outputs the name of the new working directory to stdout.  Commands
> and shell functions need to take this into account.

And in general, it is a bad idea to export CDPATH.  Using it in
interactive shells as a non-environment shell variable is fine, but
exporting it affects non-interactive shells.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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