On Sunday 2008 December 07 03:36, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-12-07 02:04 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Saturday 2008 December 06 17:47, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> 2008/12/7 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@volumehost.net>: > >> > For maximum compatibility, that needs to be: > >> > VAR=<value>; export VAR > >> > >> Compatibility with what? > > > > UNIX. The Single Unix Specification is maintained by the Open Group who > > certify UNIX products. > > You should upgrade your specification. Susv3 explicitly mentions the > "export name=word" syntax as supported. You are correct. Looks like the "export name=word" form has actually be supported since "Issue 6". Older systems might not like it, but I suppose that's a problem with them not being up to date. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/
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