From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26180 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2006 03:53:42 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO,INFO_TLD autolearn=no version=3.1.7 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Nov 2006 03:53:42 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 48362 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2006 03:53:35 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Nov 2006 03:53:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 13764 invoked by alias); 17 Nov 2006 03:53:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10998 Received: (qmail 13754 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2006 03:53:25 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Nov 2006 03:53:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 47080 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2006 03:53:25 -0000 Received: from cavecanem.ucsc.edu (128.114.150.237) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Nov 2006 03:53:22 -0000 Received: from cavecanem.ucsc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cavecanem.ucsc.edu (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id kAH3sIga022477; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:54:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from web@localhost) by cavecanem.ucsc.edu (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) id kAH3sICj022476; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:54:18 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: cavecanem.ucsc.edu: web set sender to wgscott@chemistry.ucsc.edu using -f Received: from 69.3.191.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user wgscott) by mail.acg.ucsc.edu with HTTP; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:54:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42013.69.3.191.13.1163735658.squirrel@mail.acg.ucsc.edu> In-Reply-To: <17393e3e0611161900u4dfb92d7h9d6d19a8a7eda70e@mail.gmail.com> References: <17393e3e0611161900u4dfb92d7h9d6d19a8a7eda70e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:54:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: cryptic error message From: "William Scott" To: mjw@drexel.edu Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Matt Wozniski wrote: > You could always post the startup file. :) Careful what you ask for: http://murl.info/15261 > As a suggestion, search > in the file with your favorite editor for lines that contain "${(". > It's probably referring to an invalid flag inside of a set of > parentheses immediately following the beginning of a parameter > substitution. Comment out those lines one by one and see which one > makes the error stop. Also, if it's on exit, you should limit your > search to .zlogout and any traps that you have set on exit. OK, I think that should narrow it down. > > ~Matt > > On 11/16/06, William Scott wrote: >> I've introduced something bad into a startup file, so when a shell >> session exits, I get the message >> >> "zsh: error in flags" >> >> Any idea where to start looking? >> >> >> >