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authorJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>1998-04-17 19:52:44 +0000
committerJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>2009-09-12 16:46:51 +0000
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@@ -101,3 +101,17 @@ encountered by a significant number of users.
alias ulimit="ulimit -S"
+9. Bash-2.01 uses a new quoting syntax, $'...' to do ANSI-C string
+ translation. Backslash-escaped characters in ... are expanded and
+ replaced as specified by the ANSI C standard.
+
+10. The sourcing of startup files has changed somewhat. This is explained
+ more completely in the INVOCATION section of the manual page.
+
+ A non-interactive shell not named `sh' and not in posix mode reads
+ and executes commands from the file named by $BASH_ENV. A
+ non-interactive shell started by `su' and not in posix mode will read
+ startup files. No other non-interactive shells read any startup files.
+
+ An interactive shell started in posix mode reads and executes commands
+ from the file named by $ENV.