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read-only flag is lost for functions in sub shells
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Linda Walsh |
Subject: |
read-only flag is lost for functions in sub shells |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:11:55 -0700 |
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Thunderbird |
If I assigned the read-only bit to an exported var and run a new
shell, that var is still read-only.
However, doing the same with an exported function seems to drop
the read-only status. If read-only status is supposed to be
immutable, wouldn't is this desirable?
(bash 4.2)
- read-only flag is lost for functions in sub shells,
Linda Walsh <=