Re: read-only flag is lost for functions in sub shells

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/30/14, 6:11 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> If I assigned the read-only bit to an exported var and run a new
> shell, that var is still read-only.

No:

$ ./bash ./x24
4.2.47(4)-release
foo = one
foo = two
$ cat ./x24
echo $BASH_VERSION

foo=one
readonly foo
export foo

./bash -c 'echo foo = $foo ; foo=two ; echo foo = $foo'

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