Re: bash function/alias question

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:08:56 -0400

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:53:03 -0700, Eric Taylor
  <et1@rocketship1.com> wrote:
> I am having a problem with an alias to a function.
> The script atest is chmod +x and if run as a "program"
> instead of sourced, it fails. Is this a bash bug?
>
No, it's a feature. Functions and aliases are part of the current
environment, and a program can't change its parent's environment. 

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