Asdcarl.155
net.bugs.v7
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!rusty
Wed Feb 17 09:28:59 1982
/bin/sh bug
With sh if you say

       $ var=value command

then "var" is temporarily exported into the environment
for the execution of "command". But you cannot say

       $ exec var=value command

because the silly shell tries to execute "var=value", and
if you say

       $ var=value exec command

then "command" gets executed but "var" doesn't get exported.

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