From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id KAA24173 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 1996 10:51:23 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA17604; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:47:05 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:47:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Zefram Message-Id: <17740.199606270046@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question To: schaefer@nbn.com Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 01:46:20 +0100 (BST) Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: <960626173717.ZM3859@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Jun 26, 96 05:37:14 pm X-Loop: zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk X-Stardate: [-31]7720.16 X-US-Congress: Moronic fuckers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"1UYv1.0.xI4.8eTqn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1452 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu >} % eval $foo& jobs >} [1] 884 >} [1] + running eval sleep 10 > >In fact, I'd prefer it if the "eval" got stripped off so all that zsh >prints is `sleep 10'. After all, "eval" is not a job; the thing that >was being eval'd is the job. No, the eval is backgrounded in this case. If it were `foo="sleep 10&"; eval $foo` then the sleep would be the job. -zefram