[3374] in bugtraq
Re: BUG in /bin/bash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Sep 17 12:45:30 1996
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:05:18 +0100
Reply-To: Alan Cox <coxa@cableol.net>
From: Alan Cox <coxa@cableol.net>
X-To: strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
In-Reply-To: <323B168A.6597@hydra.acs.uci.edu> from "Dan Stromberg" at Sep 14,
96 01:33:14 pm
> This worked on all the unix variants I tried except debian linux, which
> uses bash for sh instead of "the real sh". I no longer have a copy of
> ash to try.
>
> I tried:
>
> Solaris 2.4
> Debian linux 1.1
> Irix 5.2
> OSF/1 3.2
> SunOS 4.1.1
> Ultrix 4.2
>
> Sure sounds like this interpretation of ^ comes from upstream...
The use of ^ is quite explicitly mentioned in my V7 manual and appears to
predate the other forms if anything.
Alan
