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Re: sh portability questions
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: sh portability questions |
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Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:04:26 +0200 |
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Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> if (local foo) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
> local () { true; }
> fi
Note that local is only valid in function context, so this will always
produce a failure.
Andreas.
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