* Re: rc 1.5
@ 1993-04-17 16:47 Alan Watson
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From: Alan Watson @ 1993-04-17 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David J. Fiander; +Cc: rc
[Re flags:]
> It's also there so scripts can change flags. I would like to
> be able to write scripts that turn on the -x flag internally,
> when their debug flag is specified on the command line.
I would also find this useful, especially for debugging functions.
> Actually, /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, and the POSIX.2 shell all check
> the current directory for a file named "test", and _then_
> search the path for a file named "test" which is also
> executable.
None of the Bourne derivatives (sh, sh5, ksh, and bash) behave that way
on this machine (Decstation running Ultrix 4.3); the only ones which
get it `right' are the csh derivatives (csh and tcsh).
> The reason I would like "." to search the path is that then I
> can create the directory /usr/bin/rclib, and store
> scripts in there. Then my scripts can just say
>
> . rclib/read
>
> to load the read function that I have stored there.
Try:
rclib = /usr/bin/rclib
. $rclib/read
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* Re: rc 1.5
1993-04-17 11:51 ` David J. Fiander
@ 1993-04-19 11:59 ` Chet Ramey
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Chet Ramey @ 1993-04-19 11:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davidf; +Cc: rc
> Actually, /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, and the POSIX.2 shell all check
> the current directory for a file named "test", and _then_
> search the path for a file named "test" which is also
> executable.
This is not true, except in some older versions of sh. Current
versions of sh do not do it; I don't think ksh ever did. Posix.2
specifies that only a path search is performed. The current directory
is not searched unless it is in $PATH ``to avoid introducing
suceptibility to trojan horses that a user might be trying to avoid by
leaving `.' out of $PATH.''
Chet
--
``The ballpark is quiet now, save for the sound of droplets landing. That
is as it should be. For today there are two fewer boys of summer.''
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
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* Re: rc 1.5
@ 1993-04-17 16:56 Paul Haahr
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paul Haahr @ 1993-04-17 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alan; +Cc: rc
> > The reason I would like "." to search the path is that then I
> > can create the directory /usr/bin/rclib, and store
> > scripts in there. Then my scripts can just say
> > . rclib/read
> > to load the read function that I have stored there.
> Try:
> rclib = /usr/bin/rclib
> . $rclib/read
other alternatives:
fn load {
for (i in $*) . /usr/bin/rclib/^$i
}
load read
es and autoloading of shell functions :-)
paul
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* Re: rc 1.5
1993-04-16 22:21 Byron Rakitzis
@ 1993-04-17 11:51 ` David J. Fiander
1993-04-19 11:59 ` Chet Ramey
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: David J. Fiander @ 1993-04-17 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Byron Rakitzis; +Cc: rc
>That's a good question. I'm hoping to freeze rc. I also don't feel
>the need to bring rc "into line" with anything else. So offhand I
>would say no. The flag command is present in plan9 rc for a very
>specific reason (/lib/rcmain).
It's also there so scripts can change flags. I would like to
be able to write scripts that turn on the -x flag internally,
when their debug flag is specified on the command line.
>And I don't want dot to search
>my path.
[deletion]
>and "." is at the end of my path? Does this mean I run /bin/test
>as rc input? (THIS IS WHAT /bin/sh ACTUALLY DOES!!)
Actually, /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, and the POSIX.2 shell all check
the current directory for a file named "test", and _then_
search the path for a file named "test" which is also
executable.
The reason I would like "." to search the path is that then I
can create the directory /usr/bin/rclib, and store
scripts in there. Then my scripts can just say
. rclib/read
to load the read function that I have stored there.
- David
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* Re: rc 1.5
@ 1993-04-16 22:21 Byron Rakitzis
1993-04-17 11:51 ` David J. Fiander
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Byron Rakitzis @ 1993-04-16 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davidf; +Cc: rc
>Will 1.5 be brought into line with the Plan 9 man page?
That's a good question. I'm hoping to freeze rc. I also don't feel
the need to bring rc "into line" with anything else. So offhand I
would say no. The flag command is present in plan9 rc for a very
specific reason (/lib/rcmain). And I don't want dot to search
my path. What if I do:
; cat >test <<EOF
garbage
EOF
; . test
and "." is at the end of my path? Does this mean I run /bin/test
as rc input? (THIS IS WHAT /bin/sh ACTUALLY DOES!!)
No thank you.
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* Re: rc 1.5
1993-04-16 19:14 Memory leaking Byron Rakitzis
@ 1993-04-16 22:04 ` David J. Fiander
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: David J. Fiander @ 1993-04-16 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Byron Rakitzis; +Cc: rc
>From: Byron Rakitzis <byron@netapp.com>
>The insignificant [memory leaks] will be fixed in 1.5.
Will 1.5 be brought into line with the Plan 9 man page? Things
like the flag command and having the "." command search the
path?
- David
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