Re: Bug#517008: alias not expanded with zsh -c

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2009-03-25 11:11:28 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Mar 25,  5:25pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Bug#517008: alias not expanded with zsh -c
> }
> } > Yes, at least as far as native zsh mode goes this isn't a bug.
> } 
> } I should also have pointed out that the "emulate sh" doesn't make any
> } difference, it only takes effect after the string for -c has already been
> } parsed---it's basically the same issue as the alias expansion one itself.
> 
> It's my recollection that the discussion of this on the austin-group list
> led to the conclusion that zsh's native behavior in this case is within
> the allowed variation in the POSIX spec.  Vincent, if you're reading this, 
> do you disagree, and can you point out why?

Yes, this is allowed: David Korn said that the standard doesn't
explain how the shell reads and processes commands. See:

  https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=12011

All on this subject:

  https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_archive.tpl?source=L&listname=austin-group-l&first=1&pagesize=20&searchstring=alias+substitution+--+shells+differ&zone=G

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