From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.UU.NET ([192.48.96.5]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <24001>; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 21:13:25 -0500 Received: from spool.uu.net (via LOCALHOST) by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA10556; Tue, 7 Dec 93 21:13:12 -0500 Received: from srg.UUCP by uucp5.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL (queueing-rmail) id 211116.10370; Tue, 7 Dec 1993 21:11:16 EST Received: from ceres.srg.af.mil by srg.srg.af.mil id aa13961; Tue, 7 Dec 93 20:45:17 EST From: culliton@srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278) X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2) To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Raising the flag Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 20:45:18 -0500 Message-Id: <9312072045.aa11960@ceres.srg.af.mil> Things here on the mailing list have been quiet for far too long. It seems like time to stir them up a bit before the holidays. So since I've never been one to leave well enough alone, I'll take Byron Claus at his word about 1.5: ;-) ;-) ;-) > From: Byron Rakitzis > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 16:48:19 -0400 > > ... once the smoke clears I will possibly have some time to > concentrate on rc. Bug me in a few weeks again.. So how are things going? Still busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest? Any chance for 1.5 in the new year? Anything we can do to help? Of course 1.4 continues to perform flawlessly and unobtrusively, day in and day out, quietly making short work of the ugliest shell problems. For other "Doctor Who" fans, it reminds me of the laser probe that could "remove the atoms from a molecule one by one, or punch a fist size hole through six inch armor plate". (I'm sure someone will be able to correct me and even name the episode the quote is from.) Tom ObRC - When you wrap a builtin like cd with a function, be sure that you remember to propagate the result. I gave myself a nasty fright when: if (cd $invalid_directory) { ... } thought that the cd had succeeded, because my cd function didn't save $status before updating $prompt and return the saved value. Luckily, testing the script caught this. Caveat Utor!