Re: bash does not retain env when running script

[Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

Arto Stimms wrote:
> I would like to run a bash script with a few changes in the environment. I would expect this to work:
> [snip]
> As a small example I have tried using these two minimal files
>
> init.sh:
>     hello () { echo "hello world"; }
>     alias listdir=ls
>
> script:
>     hello
>     listdir
>
> I get the following output:
>
>     $ bash --rcfile init.sh script
>     script: line 1: hello: command not found
>     script: line 2: listdir: command not found
>
> What can I do to make my changes work in the script?

'script' is being run in a subshell, and you cannot export aliases to a 
subshell (but there are things you can do to get an rc file to run for a 
subshell; read 'man bash'). For the function, try 'export'ing it.

None of this has anything to do with Cygwin.

--
Matthew
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