> 2.00 is, I gather, the first version of bash to implement the
> arithmetic command
> Earlier versions of bash already had arithmetic expansion, by the
This is how it works here:
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ rpm -q bash
> bash-1.14.7-1
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ bash -c '((/usr/local/bin/rvplayer /tmp/foo); rm /tmp/foo) &'
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ bash: /usr/local/bin/rvplayer: No such file or directory
> rm: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory
>
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ ((/usr/local/bin/rvplayer /tmp/foo); rm /tmp/foo) &
> [1] 18237
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ bash: /usr/local/bin/rvplayer: No such file or directory
> rm: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory
>
> [1]+ Exit 1 ( ( /usr/local/bin/rvplayer /tmp/foo ); rm /tmp/foo )
> [kevin@localhost kevin]$ rpm -q ksh
> package ksh is not installed
Kevin
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