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Feature #3426

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exec doesn't allow command lines which begin with an env variable assignment

Added by coatl (caleb clausen) over 14 years ago. Updated over 12 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Target version:
[ruby-core:30731]

Description

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The documentation for exec states: "If single string is given as the command, it is taken as a command line that is subject to shell expansion before being executed." However, command lines that begin with environment variable assignments do not seem to work. For example:

$ install/bin/ruby -e 'exec "FOO=1 echo bar"'
-e:1:in exec': No such file or directory - FOO=1 echo bar (Errno::ENOENT) from -e:1:in '

Other examples of shellish syntax (not a filename) for the first word do work.

This same problem seems to also afflict all the other constructs for running an external command: system, backticks, IO.popen, spawn. I'm reporting against 1.9.3, but all previous versions of ruby (s far back as 1.8.6) that I've tried have the problem as well.
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Related to Ruby master - Feature #2715: Optimization to avoid spawning shell in Kernel#system call should check for failure conditionsFeedbackActions
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Updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh) over 14 years ago

  • Target version set to 2.0.0

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See #3321. At least, this won't be fixed in 1.9.2.

But many people seem to hope this spec to be changed and I can
understand them. Let's discuss towards 1.9.x.
I move this ticket to 1.9.x feature tracker.

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Yusuke Endoh
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Updated by nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura) over 12 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Status changed from Open to Rejected
  • Assignee set to mame (Yusuke Endoh)

Mark as Rejected since Endoh-san said it's duplicated of #3321, and #3321 is rejected.

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