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| From | Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Preventing Bash Variable Confusion |
| Date | Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:35:26 -0500 |
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:37:26AM +0800, konsolebox wrote: > You can still use all caps on global variables just mind the internal > variables. Easier said than done. How many times have you had to diagnose someone's failing script, and it turned out the reason it was failing was because they used a variable like HOME or PATH or USER and "forgot" that it would conflict with a special/environment variable? For me, that answer is "too many".
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Re: Preventing Bash Variable Confusion Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-01-30 08:35 -0500
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