From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14626 invoked by alias); 17 Feb 2018 15:30:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 23136 Received: (qmail 22045 invoked by uid 1010); 17 Feb 2018 15:30:58 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(66.111.4.29):SA:0(-2.6/5.0):. Processed in 7.492686 secs); 17 Feb 2018 15:30:58 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: d.s@daniel.shahaf.name X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= daniel.shahaf.name; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=+OcnqQ dlnOZOB+mbOhVwqgDoXGSTqRNKhy/6r01oknA=; b=Jbf+O7bLtGynqJwbEKM6uo qWIv21AX1ZJlI7r1X3yvehWssgb7K5HLLpxz0FHzslBVyVkS+jExdm2CiFcOUJ97 ZJFSe5dFR3NMWnAED+0sxPsUuzDvDQgFEtstn5nTSEuKxbaFNHYK7VtR+BdL3H5h eovmS0G/gPQgXp3JIHVyZVfYaqXdFKkXeZvEDuLV9AwWTLV4nYByit/SxjU/I7Ut 2KKMnJ8HEtro0mFeW1aNL0T1wtMk2gKuz1H8mmweI0xPPo0AuTKgbDgJwgImiw7Y rgk0qx5Nhu5DGpMxSm8qUHqqJbQxy6FVxE5UF63IbAsxqTIflwQvm33PM7y1AkxA == DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=+OcnqQ dlnOZOB+mbOhVwqgDoXGSTqRNKhy/6r01oknA=; b=kJ4zYQ/6lbHluoIjKyFGsn UuZsB8wsaFhPGz3vNCT4wbrHeG+739aINaXBvAqy3hHJjs9QU4Jj7gHz6Xm9E7xJ y9oQfBHRYCDwnF6+lm6XbsVecy/dGpF1gR6CZnAZblMxqkfMjH7rdvF21+y8fBQH TT7VJcbzS2tX77rPuaGRBDSZnaZcBK6MZ2BKWGItMoY+Q7hD1AoR6xl5bsVKSquQ cfFsuz+U5mXY+Bq3Ni7BLYdfoGmLuCr892PTHqQrDrmauYeG96bRp4mSpiNjE9t2 nQeTXPRr5LumRIDgP6sYBlVzdtBkxNoVSien2/HXtrIG2hhqouh0iRoY1Tmc9HCA == X-ME-Sender: Message-Id: <1518881445.3606980.1274127384.7D7A2004@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Daniel Shahaf To: zsh-users@zsh.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-1b99b2df In-Reply-To: <20f1c297-7c7d-109f-b9ee-b53823aa476c@eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:30:45 +0000 References: <1679a1e0-f716-e501-c4c2-f7e485f9701f@eastlink.ca> <1518827410.2159479.1273706656.1F5B436D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <37bb7b6b-ad70-6d03-f979-0e0d3b0be4d3@eastlink.ca> <1518875676.3562728.1274073304.5ED24DC8@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20f1c297-7c7d-109f-b9ee-b53823aa476c@eastlink.ca> Subject: Re: alias hygiene Ray Andrews wrote on Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:20 -0800: > Thanks.=C2=A0 There's a lot of homework in your post, I'll get on it. For= now=20 > I take it that one can legitimately have an alias definition conditional= =20 > on some test, at least in theory, Yes. Example: case $OSNAME in (linux*) alias ls=3D'ls --color';; (freebsd*) alias ls=3D'ls -G';; esac > however much the alias itself could=20 > stand improvement.=C2=A0 The hidden danger of course is that one might do= =20 > something that seems to work at the time but that is fundamentally=20 > flawed and liable to blow up later. Yes.