local must be a function in ksh because sourced command execution is delayed. http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download/man/man1/ksh.html "The built-in command  . file  reads the whole file before any commands are executed. Therefore, alias and unalias commands in the file will not apply to any commands defined in the file."
local must be a function in ksh because sourced command execution is delayed.
http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download/man/man1/ksh.html
"The built-in command  . file  reads the whole file before any commands are
executed. Therefore, alias and unalias commands in the file will not apply to
any commands defined in the file."


mikelward/conf,mikelward/conf