https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799241 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799241#c2 --- Comment #2 from Peter Maloney <peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de> 2013-03-01 11:01:48 UTC --- Well, I didn't know that, but it is still a variable... it can still be changed, but as an array (which means only adding () around it), even if you don't use the "IFS=' '" in there which I only provided to be more technically right even though it's the same effect. eg. user types in this (strange example... just for something that needs a space because there is no short option for --full-time) ~/tmp/test1$ LS_OPTIONS2=(-al --full-time) ~/tmp/test1$ ls total 24 drwxr-xr-x 4 peter users 4096 2012-09-13 17:12:34.847347528 +0200 . drwxr-xr-x 45 peter vboxusers 12288 2013-02-27 14:10:37.202287674 +0100 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 peter users 4096 2012-09-13 15:40:13.266210947 +0200 test2 drwxr-xr-x 2 peter users 4096 2012-09-13 15:40:08.618053315 +0200 test3 prw-r--r-- 1 peter users 0 2012-09-13 17:12:37.455228460 +0200 testpipe -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.