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Old 11th July 2008
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From FreeBSDs manual on /bin/sh

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Originally Posted by Invocation
Unlike older versions of sh the ENV script is only sourced on invocation
of interactive shells. This closes a well-known, and sometimes easily
exploitable security hole related to poorly thought out ENV scripts.
How ksh and bash handle it when called as /bin/sh, I wouldn't know off hand.
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