From: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: monnier+lists/zsh/users/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU
(Stefan Monnier)
Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: simple question about &
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:43:09 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199803021343.NAA06920@taos.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5ln2f9i5y2.fsf@tequila.systemsz.cs.yale.edu> from "Stefan Monnier" at Mar 2, 98 08:21:41 am
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>I couldn't find anywhere in zsh-3.0.5 documentation whether '&!' is supposed to
>be the same or is supposed to be different from '&|'. They always appear
>together, but it's never specified that one can be replaced by the other.
>Is there a difference ? If no, why are both forms accepted ?
They are equivalent. &! is the canonical form, but &| is more commonly
used, in order to avoid unwanted history expansion.
-zefram
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1998-03-02 13:21 Stefan Monnier
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