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Article #1115Stuff running in subshells can be annoying
From: Andrew Thomas
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1990 14:11
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1990 14:11
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I have a simple function:
function restart ()
{
eval `jobs | fgprg $1`
}
which used to work in bash 1.03. It seems now that stuff in `` or $()
gets run in a subshell in 1.04 where there aren't really any jobs. Is
this fixable?
Am I sadly out to lunch on this diagnosis? :-)
--
Andrew Thomas
andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu Systems Design Eng. University of Waterloo
"If a million people do a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing." - Opus
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!andrewt From: andrewt@watnow.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Stuff running in subshells can be annoying Message-ID: <ANDREWT.90Jan8091138@watnow.waterloo.edu> Date: 8 Jan 90 14:11:38 GMT Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Organization: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 18