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 KAA23838 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 1996 10:40:51 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA17394; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:36:19 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:36:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <960626173717.ZM3859@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 17:37:14 -0700 In-Reply-To: Thorsten Meinecke "beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question" (Jun 27, 1:25am) References: Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.607 07jun96) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"I4iN02.0.iF4.3UTqn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1451 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jun 27, 1:25am, Thorsten Meinecke wrote: } Subject: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question } } ...but wouldn't it be better to say `eval $foo' in the example below? } } % eval $foo& jobs } [1] 884 } [1] + running eval sleep 10 Hmm. No, actually, I prefer it the way it is above. If I change the value of foo, seeing `eval $foo' doesn't tell me anything at all about what's actually running. 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. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern New male in /home/schaefer: >N 2 Justin William Schaefer Sat May 11 03:43 53/4040 "Happy Birthday"