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Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.b
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc? |
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Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:29:57 -0400 |
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On 3/27/17 8:32 AM, Torka Noda wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:33:47 -0400
> Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it normal for Bash positional parameters not to be
>>> available from ~/.bashrc during initialization?
>>
>> Yes. Bash has always worked like this. The startup files are
>> read before the positional parameters are assigned.
>>
>
>
> For any particular reason?
I can't remember whether there was any particular rationale; the decision
was made almost 30 years ago. Brian and I certainly never talked about it.
Is there a compelling reason to change it now, since there are other ways
to accomplish it?
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
- Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make PS1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Torka Noda, 2017/03/25
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Torka Noda, 2017/03/25
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make PS1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Chet Ramey, 2017/03/25
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?,
Chet Ramey <=
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Torka Noda, 2017/03/28
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Chet Ramey, 2017/03/28
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Torka Noda, 2017/03/29
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Greg Wooledge, 2017/03/29
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Torka Noda, 2017/03/29
- Re: Is it normal for `bash -s foo` not to make 1=foo available from ~/.bashrc?, Greg Wooledge, 2017/03/29