From: mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu
To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: backquote poser
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 07:13:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9303091213.AA42953@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199303092132.8960.rc.baful@civil.su.oz.au> from "John" at Mar 9, 93 06:32:13 am
> domain = ` { exec >[2] /dev/null; domainname }
>
> Anyone got a cleaner idea? For some reason it seems to me it should
> be able to be done more neatly. I guess I mainly don't like needing
> a semicolon.
Snippets from my .rcrc:
EDITOR=`{which vi >[2] /dev/null || echo /usr/ucb/vi}
PAGER=`{which less >[2] /dev/null || which more >[2] /dev/null}
UNSHAR=`{which unshar >[2] /dev/null || echo /bin/sh}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1993-03-09 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1993-03-09 11:32 John Mackin
1993-03-09 12:13 ` mycroft [this message]
1993-03-09 12:28 Icarus Sparry
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