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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: Variable scoping
From:       Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas () yahoo ! fr>
Date:       2008-07-27 21:35:32
Message-ID: 20080727213530.GA13505 () sc ! homeunix ! net
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 08:58:21AM +0300, Pierre Gaston wrote:
[...]
> With  "sh" (a posix shell) no
> In bash you can use the builtin "local" (or declare).
[...]

See http://stchaz.free.fr/locvar.sh for one way to implement
local scope in a POSIX script.

(those functions have not been thoroughly tested, they were just
written as a proof of concept, but you get the idea).

-- 
Stéphane



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