svn commit: r213926 - head/bin/sh

[Jilles Tjoelker]

Author: jilles
Date: Sat Oct 16 14:37:56 2010
New Revision: 213926
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213926

Log:
  sh(1): Clarify subshells/processes for pipelines.
  
  For multi-command pipelines,
  1. all commands are direct children of the shell (unlike the original
     Bourne shell)
  2. all commands are executed in a subshell (unlike the real Korn shell)
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/bin/sh/sh.1

Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/sh/sh.1	Sat Oct 16 12:40:00 2010	(r213925)
+++ head/bin/sh/sh.1	Sat Oct 16 14:37:56 2010	(r213926)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	from: @(#)sh.1	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 10, 2010
+.Dd October 16, 2010
 .Dt SH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -736,6 +736,13 @@ both of a command is considered to be as
 pipeline before any redirection specified by redirection
 operators that are part of the command.
 .Pp
+Note that unlike some other shells,
+.Nm
+executes each process in a pipeline with more than one command
+in a subshell environment and as a child of the
+.Nm
+process.
+.Pp
 If the pipeline is not in the background (discussed later),
 the shell waits for all commands to complete.
 .Pp
@@ -773,15 +780,6 @@ to be executed sequentially;
 an
 .Ql &
 causes asynchronous execution of the preceding AND-OR-list.
-.Pp
-Note that unlike some other shells,
-.Nm
-executes each process in the pipeline as a child of the
-.Nm
-process.
-Shell built-in commands are the exception to this rule.
-They are executed in the current shell, although they do not affect its
-environment when used in pipelines.
 .Ss Background Commands (&)
 If a command is terminated by the control operator ampersand
 .Pq Ql & ,