Re: BASH_ENV does not behave as expected.

[Eric Darrot]

Chet Ramey wrote:

> > Machine Type: i686-keynux-linux-gnu
> >
> > Bash Version: 2.05a
> > Patch Level: 0
> > Release Status: release
> >
> > Description:
> >         Well, easy description, the following doesn't work:
> >
> >         echo "echo hello-world" > /tmp/bashenv.sh
> >         chmod 755 /tmp/bashenv
> >         BASH_ENV=/tmp/bashenv.sh bash
> >
> >         But it should, as stated in the man page:
> >
> >         --- begin of citation
> >         Bash behaves as  if  the  following  command
> >         were executed:
> >               if [ -n "$BASH_ENV" ]; then . "$BASH_ENV"; fi
> >         --- end of citation
>
> You should have read the rest of the section from which you clipped
> the cited text.  It reads, in part
>
>         When bash is started non-interactively, to run a shell
>         script, for example, it looks for the variable BASH_ENV ...
>
> The above example starts an interactive shell.


Yes, I read it, but the mistake was not there...
I just rewrote my test script but with

echo "touch /tmp/hello-world" > /tmp/bashenv.sh

instead and it worked. Testing with echo was a stupid
bad idea, sorry... Thank you all for your cooperation.
-- Eric
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