I can't find POSIX documentation for the `local' built-in, which is available in both dash and bash for the creation of function-local variables. Is it not standard POSIX? If it is not, should it be removed from dash? Sincerely, Michael Witten -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html