Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ucat!pesnta!altos86!elxsi!beatnix!gww From: gww@beatnix..UUCP (Gary Winiger) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Arguments to 4.3BSD "sh -c" commands are mishandled Message-ID: <178@elxsi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 17:02:11 EST Article-I.D.: elxsi.178 Posted: Fri Dec 12 17:02:11 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 01:58:01 EST References: <7296@elsie.UUCP> Sender: nobody@elxsi.UUCP Reply-To: gww@beatnix.UUCP (Gary Winiger) Organization: ELXSI Super Computers, San Jose Lines: 9 It is also appears to be mishandled by /bin/sh on System V Rel 2.2. When I try ``sh -c 'echo $*' a b c d'' on System V, it also produces ``b c d''. So 4.3 is probably not the original culprit. V 2.2 sh has been reworked to look like C rather than Steve Bourne's original pseudo Algol. Gary..