processing passwords?

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>

> > | > 	jpradley:appl 6 sh
> 
> I think I was partly thrown by not realizing that "jpradley:appl 6"
> was your prompt, and "sh" was the command you typed to start sh.

Ding ding ding...

> Ah... A "man sh" on a SCO box reveals this tidbit, not seen on other
> systems:
> 
> >    The environment for any simple-command may be augmented by
> >    prefixing
> >    it with one or more assignments to parameters. Thus:
> >    TERM=450 cmd
> >
> >    and
> >    (export TERM; TERM=450; cmd)
> >
> >    are equivalent as far as the execution of cmd is concerned if cmd
> >    is
> >    not a ``special command'' (see ``Special commands''). If cmd is a
> >    special command, then
> >    TERM=450 cmd
> >
> >    will modify the TERM variable in the current shell.

#nailedit.

Thanks, Ken; I didn't have a SCO box handy to check.  POSIX has tightened
that up considerable, I believe.

Cheers,
-- jra
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