hush/shell
Denys Vlasenko 0d6bbb0497 hush: remove unused member struct command::is_stopped
function                                             old     new   delta
builtin_umask                                        133     132      -1
checkjobs                                            551     544      -7
builtin_fg_bg                                        291     267     -24

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
2012-03-27 14:32:48 +02:00
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ash_test slightly better wording in comments 2011-02-21 03:47:50 +01:00
hush_test hush: fix remaining known two bugs with IFS expansion. Closes 4027. 2011-08-01 18:16:43 +02:00
msh_test
ash_doc.txt
ash_ptr_hack.c
ash.c ash: in standalone mode, search in $PATH if /proc/self/exe doesn't exist 2011-12-20 06:10:35 +01:00
brace.txt
Config.src ash,hush: optional support for $HISTFILESIZE. 2011-03-31 13:16:52 +02:00
cttyhack.c cttyhack: handle multiple consoles found in sysfs 2012-02-04 21:55:01 +01:00
hush_doc.txt
hush_leaktool.sh
hush.c hush: remove unused member struct command::is_stopped 2012-03-27 14:32:48 +02:00
Kbuild.src
match.c
match.h
math.c
math.h
random.c
random.h
README
README.job
shell_common.c shell_builtin_read: set cc[VMIN] to 1; lineedit: don't clear c_cc[VINTR] 2012-01-15 22:58:06 +01:00
shell_common.h

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7


http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap01.html
Shell & Utilities

It says that any of the standard utilities may be implemented
as a regular shell built-in. It gives a list of utilities which
are usually implemented that way (and some of them can only
be implemented as built-ins, like "alias"):

alias
bg
cd
command
false
fc
fg
getopts
jobs
kill
newgrp
pwd
read
true
umask
unalias
wait


http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html
Shell Command Language

It says that shell must implement special built-ins. Special built-ins
differ from regular ones by the fact that variable assignments
done on special builtin are *PRESERVED*. That is,

VAR=VAL special_builtin; echo $VAR

should print VAL.

(Another distinction is that an error in special built-in should
abort the shell, but this is not such a critical difference,
and moreover, at least bash's "set" does not follow this rule,
which is even codified in autoconf configure logic now...)

List of special builtins:

. file
: [argument...]
break [n]
continue [n]
eval [argument...]
exec [command [argument...]]
exit [n]
export name[=word]...
export -p
readonly name[=word]...
readonly -p
return [n]
set [-abCefhmnuvx] [-o option] [argument...]
set [+abCefhmnuvx] [+o option] [argument...]
set -- [argument...]
set -o
set +o
shift [n]
times
trap n [condition...]
trap [action condition...]
unset [-fv] name...

In practice, no one uses this obscure feature - none of these builtins
gives any special reasons to play such dirty tricks.

However. This section also says that *function invocation* should act
similar to special built-in. That is, variable assignments
done on function invocation should be preserved after function invocation.

This is significant: it is not unthinkable to want to run a function
with some variables set to special values. But because of the above,
it does not work: variable will "leak" out of the function.