From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7280 invoked from network); 29 Oct 1997 17:17:18 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 29 Oct 1997 17:17:18 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA04544; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:11:30 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:11:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <971029091157.ZM18586@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:11:57 -0800 In-Reply-To: <199710291619.KAA11548@ihnns581.ih.lucent.com> Comments: In reply to ramos@ih4ess.ih.lucent.com "Perl replacement challenge" (Oct 29, 10:19am) References: <199710291619.KAA11548@ihnns581.ih.lucent.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: ramos@ih4ess.ih.lucent.com, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: Perl replacement challenge MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"KR5L_2.0.h51.iusLq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1119 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Oct 29, 10:19am, ramos@ih4ess.ih.lucent.com wrote: } Subject: Perl replacement challenge } } I have a very simple and effective solution: } } # Use "kshdot some_ksh_script" instead of ". some_ksh_script" } } kshdot() { source =(ksh -c ". $* 1>&2; senv") } First question: Have you tried kshdot() { emulate -R ksh setopt localoptions . $* } Second question: If zsh's ksh emulation isn't good enough, what about kshdot() { setopt localoptions allexport source =(ksh -c ". $* 1>&2; export") } I'm assuming that ksh's "export" works much like zsh's; I don't have a copy of ksh to try it. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com