Re: /usr/src/linux/scripts/ver_linux prints out incorrect info when "ls" is aliased.

Peter Samuelson (peter@cadcamlab.org)
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 07:39:29 -0600


[Ishikawa]
> I just noticed that running
>
> . /usr/src/linux/script/ver_linux
>
> prints out strange libc version
[...]
> I found that if the command "ls" is aliased to "ls -aF"

So ... don't use '.' to execute scripts. If there is some
documentation somewhere that told you to do this, please notify the
author that it is wrong.

sh scripts/ver_linux

Peter
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