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Article #240Re: csh command substitution brain damage
From: Greg Noel
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1984 08:22
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1984 08:22
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Tribble trouble again: in article <492@masscomp.UUCP> trb@masscomp.UUCP writes that: % `grep netload /etc/rc` doesn't work correctly when given to the C shell. Yep, it's a well-known bug -- or actually a feature, since it's documented. My favorite example, which shows why you might actually want to do this, is: % `tset various-options some-terminal` which should set up the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables. It's so obvious that you'd want to do that with tset that the bug is explained and documented under "tset" -- where else? It also explains that the working (does that mean correct?) form is: % eval `tset various-options some-terminal` It also says that the bug will be fixed someday. If you can't detect the note of sarcasm in the above paragraph, take my word for it -- it's there. -- -- Greg Noel, NCR Torrey Pines Greg@sdcsvax.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!greg From: greg@sdcsvax.UUCP (Greg Noel) Newsgroups: net.bugs Subject: Re: csh command substitution brain damage Message-ID: <1015@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 04:22:32 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1015 Posted: Thu Jul 19 04:22:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Jul-84 03:06:53 EDT References: <492@masscomp.UUCP> Reply-To: greg@sdcsvax.UUCP (Gregory Noel) Organization: NCR Corporation, Torrey Pines Lines: 18