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Re: Bogus value of variable BASH
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bogus value of variable BASH |
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Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:40:29 -0500 |
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On 2/12/16 10:38 AM, David Hunt wrote:
> I'm not trying to write scripts that rely on the value of BASH. I only
> discoverd the discrepancy while investigating the potential usefulness
> of various variables set by the shell. Perhaps I just don't get the
> point of having the variable in the first place.
The idea is to have a `standard' variable that does its best to tell you
what the current shell is. SHELL is not suitable for that.
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