[PATCH] shell/lash.c: set environment variable

[Rob Landley]

On Friday 05 May 2006 9:35 pm, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> Ping! Any comments?
>
> Cheers,
> Shaun
>
> On 4/21/06, Shaun Jackman <sjackman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This patch allows setting an environment variable without an explicit
> > `export' statement. I understand there's a moratorium of features on
> > lash, but I consider 'foo=bar' a fairly basic and necessary syntax. On
> > my ARM7 system this patch adds 32 bytes to the .text section.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Shaun
> >
> > 2006-04-21  Shaun Jackman  <sjackman at gmail.com>
> >
> >         * shell/lash.c (pseudo_exec): Allow setting an environment
> >         variable without an explicit 'export'.
> >
> > --- shell/lash.c        2b6a5734121d4cecda4cd49e644666a1c7bff365
> > +++ shell/lash.c        a4e70a7df8005ac54581bc78f626b770c85ee767
> > @@ -1233,6 +1233,12 @@
> >         char *name;
> >  #endif
> >
> > +       /* Check if the command sets an environment variable. */
> > +       if( strchr(child->argv[0], '=') != NULL ) {
> > +               child->argv[1] = child->argv[0];
> > +               _exit(builtin_export(child));
> > +       }
> > +
> >         /* Check if the command matches any of the non-forking builtins.
> >          * Depending on context, this might be redundant.  But it's
> >          * easier to waste a few CPU cycles than it is to figure out

Ok, svn 15378.  I shrank enough from lash with the previous checkin that I 
didn't feel guilty about adding one more feature. :)

Rob
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