From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18041 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2004 09:28:19 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 09:28:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 86157 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2004 09:28:12 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 09:28:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 2029 invoked by alias); 28 Jul 2004 09:27:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7777 Received: (qmail 2020 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2004 09:27:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 09:27:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 84662 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2004 09:26:10 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 09:26:09 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i6S9Q8v08075 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:26:08 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:25:23 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:28:00 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6S9Q4ij004113; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:26:04 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i6S9Q4ZM004110; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:26:04 +0100 Message-Id: <200407280926.i6S9Q4ZM004110@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: Petre Bandac , zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: bash command incompatibility In-reply-to: "Petre Bandac"'s message of "Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:07:34 +0300." <20040728110734.157a74e4@xxl.rdsbv.ro> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:26:04 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2004 09:28:00.0785 (UTC) FILETIME=[2D02D810:01C47485] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -4.9 Petre Bandac wrote: > [petre@xxl]$ cat /dev/null > fetchmail.log > ~ > zsh: file exists: fetchmail.log > [petre@xxl]$ > > > when using bash, this was the command to empty the log files. why > doesn't it work in zsh ? Somewhere in one of the startup scripts someone has put `setopt noclobber'. You need to turn it off: unsetopt noclobber Putting this in ~/.zshrc should be late enough to cancel it if it's in one of the system startup scripts. The option actually exists in bash, too, but clearly wasn't turned on. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************