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Re: set -a leads to truncated output from ps


From: Oğuz
Subject: Re: set -a leads to truncated output from ps
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:18:37 +0300

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>
> The value of COLUMNS gets modified, and auto-exported since you have
> `set -a' enabled.
>

Okay, so the documentation adds up. Doesn't mean it's not a bug.

If you were a normal user and were faced with the behavior presented in OP,
wouldn't you think something was broken? What keeps Bash from exempting
LINES and COLUMNS from `set -a' other than "it's been like this forever"?


-- 
Oğuz


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