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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-11-12 22:40:18 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-11-12 22:40:18 +0000
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sh(1): Document r214304 (special builtin is illegal function name).
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@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ There are two kinds of built-in commands: regular and special.
Assignments before special builtins persist after they finish
executing and assignment errors, redirection errors and certain
operand errors cause a script to be aborted.
+Special builtins cannot be overridden with a function.
Both regular and special builtins can affect the shell in ways
normal programs cannot.
.Pp
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