From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4622 invoked from network); 27 Oct 1998 04:10:10 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 27 Oct 1998 04:10:10 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA02064; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:58:05 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:58:05 -0500 (EST) From: Phil Pennock Message-Id: <199810270405.EAA01558@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Docs fix In-Reply-To: <199810262202.WAA06805@dal-tsa33-1.cyberramp.net> from TGAPE! at "Oct 26, 98 10:02:44 pm" To: tgape@cyberramp.net Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 04:05:54 +0000 (GMT) Cc: schaefer@brasslantern.com, zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Disclaimer-1: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly X-Disclaimer-2: attributed otherwise, are mine and mine alone. Such views X-Disclaimer-3: do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation X-Disclaimer-4: or company with which I am or have been affiliated. X-Personality: INTJ X-Phase-of-Moon: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (36% of Full) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL37 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"R0XJa3.0.BW.CJKDs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4456 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Typing away merrily, TGAPE! produced the immortal words: > Btw, can you show even *one* case where a csh user really wants $* > functionality and not "$@"? And, even if $* by default acted exactly > like "$@", it's a good idea to script so as to be complient with as many Sure. A wrapper around an su command, for instance, which takes a single argument for -c ... or anything else where a command wants a shell sequence as one arg, but your csh-alias/*sh-func should just stick all args after the nth into that. I'm fairly sure I have something like that knocking around somewhere. -- --> Phil Pennock ; GAT d- s+:+ a22 C++(++++) UL++++/I+++/S+++/H+ P++@ L+++ E-@ W(+) N>++ o !K w--- O>+ M V !PS PE Y+ PGP+ t-- 5++ X+ R !tv b++>+++ DI+ D+ G+ e+ h* !r y?