Ksh93 and bash have subtly different scopes for variables defined in shell functions as the following example shows:
# POSIX function syntax
testme2()
{
printf "Function testme2 invokedn"
var21=testme21
typeset var22=testme22
}
function testme1
{
printf "Function testme1 invokedn"
var11=testme11
typeset var12=testme12
}
testme1
echo "VAR11=$var11"
echo "VAR12=$var12"
Here is the output when run under ksh93:
Function testme1 invoked VAR11=testme11 VAR12= Function testme2 invoked VAR21=testme21 VAR22=testme22
and here is the output when run under bash:
Function testme1 invoked VAR11=testme11 VAR12= Function testme2 invoked VAR21=testme21 VAR22=
Note the different output for var22!
Ksh93 has lexical scoping. A variable is normally global to the shell it is defined in from the time it is defined. However the typeset command can be used to make it local to the function the variable is defined in. Bash has subtly different scoping rules.
Beware, the difference in variable scoping can bite you hard when porting shell scripts to different environments.
