From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Empty file execution behavior differs between zsh and sh
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:59:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3296a27c-2ea7-e7d9-a00a-bc1dbe75bf53@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFYD1PrHbgk14SwMkhtyxB9O-6P1mSAw2zVmDNevQuVWjDX+KQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 02/23/2018 01:21 PM, William Shipley wrote:
> In sh and bash
>
> touch true
> chmod +x true
> ./true
> echo $?
>
> prints 0, as an empty file returns successfully on execution.
>
> On zsh, the same command returns
>
> zsh: exec format error: ./true
>
> on stderr and
>
> 126
>
> for the echo statement.
>
> This holds true when running zsh in sh compatibility mode:
>
> ARGV0=sh zsh
>
> I don't consider this of pressing importance, but it would be one step
> closer to sh compatibility.
>
for more context why this was probably reported:
https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/966896123548872705
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-23 22:04 UTC|newest]
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2018-02-23 18:21 William Shipley
2018-02-23 21:59 ` Eric Cook [this message]
2018-02-23 22:12 ` Eric Cook
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